Back
Cordaites tianii
Cordaites tianii S.-Jun Wang, J. Hilton in J. Hilton, S.-Jun Wang, Galtier, R.M. Bateman Int. J. Pl. Sci., 170(3): 406. Apr 2009
- Name
- Cordaites tianii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Cordaites
- Authors (Name)
- Wang S.-J.
Hilton J.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hilton J.
Wang S.-J.
Galtier J.
Bateman R. M.
- Publication
- Cordaitalean seed plants from the Early Permian of North China II [2009/4]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 170
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 406
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Asselian
- Strat. comment
- Taiyuan Formation
- Location
- Xiedao village, Xishan Coalfield, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Paleoregion
- Cathaysia (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
- Repository Number
- T7-28; slides W012, W020 (T6-68B Bot, slide W296)
- Diagnosis
- Leaves thin, small, less than 10 mm wide, spatulate, with well-developed cuticle. Mesophyll parenchymatous and compact, occasionally preserving dark brown or black cell contents. Vascular bundles distinct and circular in transverse section with endarch primary xylem. Weakly developed hypodermal sclerenchymatous strands above and below vascular bundles. One intervein hypodermal sclerenchymatous strand separating every one or two vascular bundles.
