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Cathayanthus ramentrarus
Cathayanthus ramentrarus S.-Jun Wang, J. Hilton, B.-L. Tian, Galtier Int. J. Pl. Sci., 164(1): 98. Jan 2003
- Name
- Cathayanthus ramentrarus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Cathayanthus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang S.-J.
Hilton J.
Tian B.-L.
Galtier J.
- Publication
- Cordaitalean seed plants from the Early Permian of North China I [2003/1]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 98
- Year
- 2003
- Fossil Status
- fructifications (male)
- Stratigraphy
- Asselian
- Strat. comment
- Taiyuan Formation
- Location
- Xiedao village, Xishan Coalfield, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Paleoregion
- Cathaysia (North)
Data for Not defined
- Repository
- China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
- Repository Number
- Coal balls TN-8 slide W113; T7-70B slides W133.
- Diagnosis
- Primary axis slender and subcircular to subtriangular in cross section. Bracts and secondary fertile shoots borne on the primary axis in dense helical arrangement. Secondary fertile shoot bilaterally symmetrical, small, 4–5 mm long, 2#1.5 to 2.6#1.2 mm in diameter, and bearing helically arranged scales. Sterile scales numbering 11–13, with three to five fertile scales borne apically on the secondary axis. Fertile scales with five pollen sacs. Prepollen of the Florinites type.
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