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Lesleya cheimarosa
Lesleya cheimarosa Leary, Pfefferk. Circ. Illinois State Geol. Surv., (500): 25. 1977
- Name
- Lesleya cheimarosa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lesleya
- Authors (Pub.)
- Leary R. L.
Pfefferkorn H. W.
- Publication
- An early Pennsylvanian flora with Megalopteris and Noeggerathiales from west-central Illinois [1977]
- Journal
- Circular / Illinois State Geological Survey
- Issue
- 500
- Page number
- 25
- Year
- 1977
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Bashkirian
- Strat. comment
- Namurian B
- Location
- Rushville, northeastern Brown County, Illinois, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield, USA
- Repository Number
- ISM 4161+88 a, b
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield, USA
- Repository Number
- ISM 416508, 416526
- Diagnosis
- Simple leaf of considerable size, about 20 cm long and k cm vide, lanceolate with acute to attenuate tip. Base long and narrow (acuminate). Margin entire. Venation pinnate, midrib thick, 0.7 to 2 mm wide; lateral veins fork once or twice; lateral veins S-shaped with a 10° to 20° angle at the midvein, 30° to 70° angle in center, and k0° to 70° angle on margin; 2k to 36 veins per cm on margin.
