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Liknopetalon gracile
Liknopetalon gracile Adend., M.K. Bamford, McLoughlin Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 126(1-2): 87. Sep 2003
- Name
- Liknopetalon gracile
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- gracilis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Liknopetalon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Adendorff R.
Bamford M. K.
McLoughlin S.
- Publication
- Liknopetalon: a review of a rare Gondwanan, Permian pteridophyte [2003/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 126
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 87
- Year
- 2003
- Fossil Status
- foliage (fertile)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Strat. comment
- Volksrust Formation equivalent (?), upper Ecca Group, Karoo Supergroup
- Location
- refractory clay quarry 30 km southwest of Johannesburg, near the town of Lawley, Republic of South Africa
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (South Africa)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Repository Number
- BP/2/28989a and b
- Diagnosis
- Pinnae narrowly flabellate with a L:W of 1.5-2; pinnae pendulous with very elongate, narrowly cuneate bases.
