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Serripteris feistii
Serripteris feistii N.P. Rowe, Galtier Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 61(3–4): 259. 14 Nov 1989
- Name
- Serripteris feistii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Serripteris
- Authors (Pub.)
- Rowe N. P.
Galtier J.
- Publication
- A lower carboniferous plant assemblage from La Serre (Montagne Noire, France). Part I [1989/11]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3–4
- Page number
- 259
- Year
- 1989
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Tournaisian
- Location
- "La Serre" Hill, near "La Rouquette" Farm, 2.5km south of Cabrières, Herault,
southern France
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Armorica)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Repository Number
- LS26001 [103 peel preparations were made from this specimen and the remainder is embedded in plastic]
- Diagnosis
- Branching system consisting of "main" axis, 3.5-4.5 mm wide with laterals (second order axes) 2 mm wide, arranged in complex spiral. Successive laterals 20-25 mm apart, branching angle 35 °. Smaller appendages (third order axes) with circular xylem strands (120 um diam) borne proximally
(=?precocious ultimate appendages). Four-ribbed xylem column of main axis 1.5 mm wide with metaxylem tracheids 12-50 um in diameter, protoxylem elements 8-22 um wide. Xylem strand of laterals, V-shaped, 0.5-0.7 mm broad tangentially. In main axis and laterals, parenchyma cells of the inner cortex up to 78 um wide; outer cortex comprising tapering elements
(18-22 um wide) and thicker walled cells.
