Lonchiphyllum aplospermum gen. et sp. nov.: An Anatomically Preserved Glossopterid Megasporophyll from the Upper Permian of Skaar Ridge, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
A new anatomically preserved megasporophyll, Lonchiphyllum aplospermum, is described from permineralized peat collected on Skaar Ridge in the central Transantarctic Mountains. This new genus contains vascular features similar to those of the leaf genus Glossopteris schopfii, which is the exclusive l...
Published in: | International Journal of Plant Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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University of Chicago Press
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16943 https://doi.org/10.1086/668222 |