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Uskiella reticulata
Uskiella reticulata Fanning, D. Edwards, J.B. Richardson Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 109(2): 177. 8 Jul 1992
- Name
- Uskiella reticulata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Uskiella
- 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
- 177
- Year
- 1992
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Uskiella
- Stratigraphy
- Lochkovian
- Location
- Targrove Quarry, near Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
- Repository Number
- NMW 91.42G.25
- Diagnosis
- Plant with terminal elliptical sporangia, 0.53 to 2.00 mm high and 0.38 to 1.50 mm wide. Axes 0.05 to 0.50 mm wide, smooth, parallel-sided and isotomously branched. Branch angle small to 60°, ultimate dichotomy immediately below to some distance below sporangia. Sporangia with equidimensional to slightly elongate cells, 25 to 50 μm long and 25 μm wide presenting a reticulate appearance.
