Paurodendron stellatum: a new Permian permineralized herbaceous lycopsid from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: McLoughlin, Stephen, Drinnan, Andrew, Slater, Ben, Hilton, Jason
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Enheten för paleobiologi 2015
• Subjects: Heterosporous lycopsida; Isoëtales; Bainmedart Coal Measures; Lycopsid anatomy; Megaspore; Gondwana; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; East Antarctica; Glossopteris; Prince Charles Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1345; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.004

Diminutive, silica-permineralized lycopsid axes, from a Guadalupian (Middle Permian) silicified peat in the Bainmedart Coal Measures of East Antarctica are described and assigned to Paurodendron stellatum sp. nov. Axes consist only of primary-growth tissues with a vascular system characterized by an...