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Lepidodendron bellii

Lepidodendron bellii Álvarez-Vázq., R.H. Wagner Atlant. Geol., 50: 176. 2014
Name
Lepidodendron bellii
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Lepidodendron
Authors (Pub.)
Álvarez-Vázquez C. Wagner R. H.  
Publication
Lycopsida from the lower Westphalian (Middle Pennsylvanian) of the Maritime Provinces, Canada [2014]
Journal
Atlantic Geology
Volume
50
Page number
176
Year
2014
Fossil Status
stems
Stratigraphy
Moscovian
Location
Springhill Mines, Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada
Paleoregion
Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Repository Number
GSC 14937
Diagnosis
Leaf cushions rhomboidal, higher than wide, with rounded lateral angles and acute base and apex; upper part of area above the leaf scar relatively small, and that below large and with a keel. Leaf scars rhomboidal and situated high on the cushion. Infrafoliar parichnos small, vertically elongate.

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