Specimens from the Upper Carboniferous of Shropshire , England , have been named Hepaticites metzgerioides .
( as the specific epithet indicates ) these specimens strongly resemble the genus Metzgeria .
Specimens from the Upper Carboniferous of Shropshire , England , have been named Hepaticites metzgerioides , and ( as the specific epithet indicates ) these specimens strongly resemble the genus Metzgeria .