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Nematasketum

Genus Nematasketum Burgess, D. Edwards Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 97(2): 192. 20 Jun 1988
Name
Nematasketum
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Burgess N. D. Edwards D.  
Publication
A new Palaeozoic plant closely allied to Prototaxites Dawson [1988/6]
Journal
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume
97
Issue
2
Page number
192
Year
1988
Parent Taxon
[Family] Prototaxitaceae
Fossil Status
axes (tubular)
Type
Nematasketum diversiforme
Diagnosis
Plant of axial organization. Bulk of presumed vegetative tissues composed of wide unbranched tubes, aligned in parallel, with smooth walls of uniform thickness surrounded by narrower branched convolute filaments and occasional branched internally thickened tubes and wider filaments: localized areas (medullary spots) composed of frequently branched, very narrow, smooth walled tubes, branched internally thickened tubes and rare narrow filaments, none of which show preferred orientation.
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