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Otozamites paradoxus
Otozamites paradoxus Gordenko Paleontol. J., 42(12): 1339. Dec 2008
- Name
- Otozamites paradoxus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Otozamites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gordenko N. V.
- Publication
- Middle Jurassic flora of the Peski locality (Moscow Region): systematics, paleoecology, and phytogeography [2008/12]
- Journal
- Paleontological Journal
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 1339
- Year
- 2008
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Bathonian
- Location
- layer no. 9, section no. 1, quarry
Peski, 1.5 km from the Peski station, Kolomna district,
Moscow Region, Russian Federation
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Repository Number
- PIN, no. 4727/107
- Diagnosis
- Leaves once-pinnate, pinnae linguate with auricles at base of acroscopic margin. Pinnae are attached to rachis laterally, arising at acute
angle. Upper cuticle lacking both stomata and trichomes. Lower cuticle without trichomes. Stomata in
one to four indistinct files per intercostal stomatal zone,
syndetoheilic. Subsidiary cells with papillae. Stomatal
pit covered with epidermal cells which form domeshaped roof with stellate hole. Ordinary epidermal cells
of upper and lower epidermis without trichomes.
