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Tiaomaphyton
Genus Tiaomaphyton H.-H. Xu, Q. Fu, Y. Wang Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 256: 64. 13 Jun 2018
- Name
- Tiaomaphyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Xu H.-H.
Fu Q.
Wang Y.
- Publication
- A new protolepidodendrid lycopsid from the Middle Devonian of Hunan, South China and its palaeogeographic implication [2018/6]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 256
- Page number
- 64
- Year
- 2018
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Protolepidodendraceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporophylls)
- Type
- Tiaomaphyton fui
- Diagnosis
- The stem slender. Leaf bases oval. Leaf persistent, trifurcates
into a lamina with three segments in one plane curving adaxially
and a heel of small tip downwardly. The central segment the longest.
All three segments close and paralleling arranged. The heel of the
small tip only 0.1–0.2 mm long. Leaf and sporophyll identical morphology,
except the larger curving angle in the latter. Sporophylls not aggregating
strobili. The sporangia, ellipsoidal and oval in shape and with
longitudinal dehiscence, attached adaxially to the sporophyll by a pad.
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