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Taeniopteris novomundensis
Taeniopteris novomundensis Pott, Launis Neues Jahrb. Geol. Paläontol., Abh., 275(1): 21. Jan 2015
- Name
- Taeniopteris novomundensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Taeniopteris
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pott C.
Launis A.
- Publication
- Taeniopteris novomundensis sp. nov. – “cycadophyte” foliage from the Carnian of Switzerland and Svalbard reconsidered: How to use Taeniopteris? [2015/1]
- Journal
- Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen
- Volume
- 275
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 21
- Year
- 2015
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Taeniopteris
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Carnian
- Location
- Neuewelt (Münchenstein), Basel-Land, Switzerland
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Natural History Museum, Basel, Switzerland
- Repository Number
- MHNB B722/2
- Diagnosis
- Leaves long and slender, fusiform to lanceolate; lamina robust, entire-margined, with straight margins, tapering towards extended and pointed apex and base; rachis prominent, retaining its width throughout the whole leaf; veins delicate, dense, parallel, emerging laterally from the rachis in angles of ~80°, occasionally bifurcating close to the rachis and proceeding straight to the leaf margin; epidermal anatomy unknown.
