Article: A revision of the Carboniferous lycopod genus Eskdalia Kidston
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
11
Part:
3
Publication Date:
July
1968
Page(s):
439
–
444
Author(s):
B. A. Thomas
Abstract
Eskdalia minuta Kidston has previously been described as a fern stem, but closer examination of its macroscopic features and a study of its cuticle shows it to be a ligulate lycopod stem. The genus of Russian paper coal cuticles, Porodendron Zalessky, is shown to be a synonym of Eskdalia.