A new alga from the Carboniferous Frosterley Marble of northern England

Volume / Part: 31 / 3
Publication Date: August 1988
Page(s): 741 - 745
Authored By: Graham F. Elliott

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A new alga from the Frosterley Marble (Namurian; Carboniferous) of northern England is reconstructed from fragmentary material. It is compared with the Carboniferous genera Kulikia and Sphinctoporella, sharing with them the distinctive profusion of spherical cavities within the calcined axial surround or 'sleeve'. It differs from them in being formed of successional separate calcified discs or verticil units, which came apart after death, and is thus described as Frosterleyella diaspora gen. et sp. nov.

Palaeontology - Volume 31 Part 3 Pages 741-745

Palaeontology - Volume 31 Part 3 Pages 741-745

Citations

ELLIOTT, G. F. 1988. A new alga from the Carboniferous Frosterley Marble of northern England. Palaeontology, 31, 3, 741–745.