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Cheirocladus
Genus Cheirocladus Naug. Paleontol. J., 41(8): 824. Nov 2007
- Name
- Cheirocladus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Naugolnykh S. V.
- Publication
- Foliar seed-bearing organs of Paleozoic ginkgophytes and the early evolution of the Ginkgoales [2007/11]
- Journal
- Paleontological Journal
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 824
- Year
- 2007
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Cheirocladaceae
- Fossil Status
- reproductive organs (seed)
- Type
- Cheirocladus longicheirus
- Diagnosis
- Planate foliar seed-bearing organs
(ovuliphores) with five distal short lobe-shaped extensions.
Round scars corresponding to places of seed
attachment disposed on abaxial surface of extensions in
their apical parts. Middle part of ovuliphore margins bear
singular small weakly developed lobes devoid of seed
scars. Basally, ovuliphore large and hypertrophied.
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