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Ullmannia brandtii
Ullmannia brandtii D. Uhl Neues Jahrb. Geol. Paläontol., Monatsh., 2004, (1): 56. Jan 2004
- Name
- Ullmannia brandtii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Ullmannia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Uhl D.
- Publication
- A new species of Ullmannia (Coniferophytina, Ullmanniaceae) from the Upper Permian of northern England [2004/1]
- Journal
- Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2004
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 56
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Ullmannia
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs
- Stratigraphy
- Changhsingian
- Strat. comment
- Zechstein
- Location
- Old Quarrington Quarry near Durham, Durham, N England, U.K.
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Avalonia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
- Repository Number
- MB.P.b.2002/399
- Diagnosis
- Vegetative conifer shoots with spirally attached, generally large leaves and robust axes up to 8 mm wide. Leaves loosely arranged, slightly overlapping, strongly, decurrent, arising at angles between 60-70°. Leaves thick and probably fleshy, straight to slightly S-shaped, leaf apices obtuse. Leaves up to 18 mm long and up to 7 mm wide, amphistomatic. Epidermal cells and sunken stomata irregularly arranged or loosely in rows, stomata surrounded by 8-16 (mean 11) subsidiary cells with thick anticlinal walls.
