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Metzgeriothallus sharoniae
Metzgeriothallus sharoniae Hernick, Landing, Bartowski Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 148(2–4): 160. Jan 2008
- Name
- Metzgeriothallus sharoniae
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- sharonae
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Metzgeriothallus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hernick L. V.
Landing E. F.
Bartowski K. E.
- Publication
- Earth's oldest liverworts—Metzgeriothallus sharonae sp. nov. from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of eastern New York, USA [2008/1]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 148
- Issue
- 2–4
- Page number
- 160
- Year
- 2008
- Fossil Status
- thallus
- Stratigraphy
- Givetian
- Strat. comment
- Plattekill Formation, Hamilton Group
- Location
- Cairo Highway Department quarry, just south of New York State Route 145, 3.22 km NW of Cairo, Greene County, New York, USA (42.32° N and 74.04°
W, NAD 83)
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- New York State Museum, Albany, NY, USA
- Repository Number
- NYSM 17656
- Diagnosis
- Species of Metzgeriothallus with dorsiventral thallus that is furcated and separated into a multistratose median costa and unistratose wings; margin entire; possible rhizoids extend from ventral side of midrib. Sporophyte capsule with four valves.
