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Regnellites
Genus Regnellites T. Yamada, M. Kato Int. J. Pl. Sci., 163(5): 716. Sep 2002
- Name
- Regnellites
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Yamada T.
Kato M.
- Publication
- Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae, from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous of Western Japan [2002/9]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 163
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 716
- Year
- 2002
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Marsileaceae
- Fossil Status
- rhizome (with leaves and sporocarps)
- Type
- Regnellites nagashimae
- Diagnosis
- Rhizomes creeping with roots on the ventral side and leaves on the dorsal side. Leaves bearing two leaflets at petiole tip. Veins dichotomous but partially anastomosing; marginal vein absent. Sporocarps solitary, borne at node. Putative microspores spherical, papillate, ca. 30 mm in diameter.
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