ANATOMICALLY PRESERVED GLOSSOPTERIS STEMS WITH ATTACHED LEAVES FROM THE CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA

• Published in: American Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Pigg, Kathleen B., Taylor, Thomas N.
• Other Authors: Arizona State University, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1993
• Subjects: Glossopteris; Skaar Ridge; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1993.tb13833.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1993.tb13833.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1993.tb13833.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/chorus/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1993.tb13833.x

Stems and buds of Glossopteris skaarensis Pigg and buds of G. schopfii Pigg from the Permian Skaar Ridge locality in the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica demonstrate the first anatomically preserved glossopterids known with stem/leaf attachment. Stems of G. skaarensis are 1–12 mm in diam...