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Kaulangiophyton akantha
Kaulangiophyton akantha Gensel, Kasper in Gensel, Kasper, H.N. Andrews Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1969, 96(3): 269. 25 Jun 1969
- Name
- Kaulangiophyton akantha
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Kaulangiophyton
- Authors (Name)
- Gensel P. G.
Kasper A. E.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gensel P. G.
Kasper A. E.
Andrews H. N.
- Publication
- Kaulangiophyton, a new genus of plants from the Devonian of Maine [1969/6]
- Journal
- Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 1969
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 269
- Year
- 1969
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Kaulangiophyton
- Stratigraphy
- Devonian
- Location
- Trout Brook, Maine, USA
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- 43208
- Diagnosis
- Plant with axes up to 9 mm in diameter branching by very wide dichotomies (H- or K-type branching pattern). Axes bear stout, slightly curved spines about 2 mm long with a broad, decurrent base; no regular phyllotaxy apparent. Fertile regions of the axes possess stalks up to 4 mm long each with a terminal, ovoid sporangium which attains maximum dimensions of 5 × 8 mm.
