- Title
- The rooting system of Leptophloeum Dawson: New material from the upper Devonian, Famennian Witpoort Formation of South Africa
- Creator
- Prestianni, Cyrille, Gess, Robert W
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72732
- Identifier
- vital:30104
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.05.007
- Description
- The rhizomorphs of Early (Devonian and Early Carboniferous) arborescent lycopsids are known from only a handful of taxa. That of Leptophloeum is previously described from a single fragmentary specimen from China that, in our opinion, has been incorrectly interpreted. Here we describe several relatively well-preserved examples of Leptophloeumrhizomorphs from the Famennian aged Waterloo Farm Lägerstatte of South Africa. We demonstrate an unlobed cormose morphology separated from the microphyll bearing axis by a smooth transition zone. This provides one of the few known examples of a cormose lycopsid rhizomorph dating back to the Devonian. We assign this material and all previously published South African Leptophloeum material to Leptophloeum rhombicum.
- Format
- 5 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Prestianni, C. and Gess, R.W., 2014. The rooting system of Leptophloeum Dawson: new material from the upper Devonian, Famennian Witpoort Formation of South Africa. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 209, pp.35-40., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology volume 209 35 40 June 2014 0034-6667
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- Elsevier
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