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Vetiplanaxis

Genus Vetiplanaxis N.E.Bell in N.E.Bell, P.V. York Bryologist, 110(3): 518. 12 Jul 2007
Name
Vetiplanaxis
Rank
Genus
Authors (Name)
Bell N. E.  
Authors (Pub.)
Bell N. E. York P. V.  
Publication
Vetiplanaxis pyrrhobryoides, a new fossil moss genus and species from Middle Cretaceous Burmese amber [2007/7]
Journal
Bryologist
Volume
110
Issue
3
Page number
518
Year
2007
Parent Taxon
[Class] Bryopsida
Fossil Status
leafy twigs
Type
Vetiplanaxis pyrrhobryoides
Diagnosis
Shoots distinctly complanate, stems ridged; leaves crowded with broad insertions and large lobe-like decurrencies on lower margins, with distinct limbidium, strongly toothed, some teeth geminate; laminai cells small, ? isodiametric, strongly incrassate; costa single.
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