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Paurodendron stellatum: A new Permian permineralized herbaceous lycopsid from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica.
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Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology . Sep2015, Vol. 220, p1-15. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Diminutive, silica-permineralized lycopsid axes, from a Guadalupian (Middle Permian) silicified peat in the Bainmedart Coal Measures of East Antarctica are described and assigned to Paurodendron stellatum sp. nov. Axes consist only of primary-growth tissues with a vascular system characterized by an exarch actinostele with 6–20 protoxylem points. Stems have a relatively narrow cortex of thin-walled cells that are commonly degraded, but the root cortex typically contains more robust, thick-walled cells. The stems bear helically inserted, elliptical–rhombic, ligulate microphylls. Roots possess an eccentrically positioned monarch vascular strand. Paurodendron stellatum is one of a very small number of anatomically preserved lycopsid axes described from the Gondwanan Permian and represents the first post-Carboniferous record of this genus. Based on dispersed vegetative remains, megaspores and microspores, herbaceous lycopsids, such as P. stellatum , appear to have been important understorey components of both low- and high-latitude mire forests of the late Palaeozoic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PERMIAN Period
*HERBACEOUS plants
*COAL
*PLANT roots
*VASCULAR plants
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00346667
- Volume :
- 220
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103237121
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.004