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Litothallus ganovex
Litothallus ganovex Bomfl., M. Krings, Kaštovský, Kerp Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 157(3-4): 319. Nov 2009
- Name
- Litothallus ganovex
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Litothallus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bomfleur B.
Krings M.
Kaštovský J.
Kerp H.
- Publication
- An enigmatic non-marine thalloid organism from the Triassic of East Antarctica [2009/11]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 157
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 319
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- thallus
- Stratigraphy
- Upper Triassic
- Strat. comment
- middle part of the Section Peak Formation
- Location
- Timber Peak, Eisenhower Range, North Victoria Land,
Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (Antarctica)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Geomuseum, Münster, Germany
- Repository Number
- GIX-TI13/5-064
- Diagnosis
- Undifferentiated thalloid organism; thallus N1.5 cm
in diameter, crust-like, lacking well-defined outer margins; thallus
plectenchymatous or pseudoparenchymatous, up to 15 cells high; cells
arranged into (regular) vertical files, and forming a pattern of
congruently superimposed horizontal sheets; individual cells discoid
to more or less isodiametric, polygonal in surface view, up to 60 μm
wide; vertical cell walls prominent, apparently composed of several
wall layers; horizontal cell walls delicate, single-layered.
