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Salopella marcensis
Salopella marcensis Fanning, D. Edwards, J.B. Richardson Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 109(2): 174. 8 Jul 1992
- Name
- Salopella marcensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Salopella
- Authors (Pub.)
- Fanning U.
Edwards D.
Richardson J. B.
- Publication
- A diverse assemblage of early land plants from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland [1992/7]
- Journal
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 174
- Year
- 1992
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Salopella
- Stratigraphy
- Lower Devonian
- Location
- Targrove Quarry, near Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
- Repository Number
- NMW 91.42G.19
- Diagnosis
- Plant at least 6.38 mm high with elongate sporangia, 0.75–3.38 mm high and 0.25–0.88 mm wide. Sporangia terminating parrallel-sided, smooth, isotomously brached axes, 0.05 to 0.5 mm wide. Branch angle 30° to 60°. Ultimate dichotomy occurring immediately below to some distance below the sporangia.
