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Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii
Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii E.I. Vera, R. Herbst J. Afr. Earth Sci., 101(January): 64. Jan 2015
- Name
- Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Kwazulupteris
- Authors (Pub.)
- Vera E. I.
Herbst R.
- Publication
- New cyathealean tree ferns from the Cretaceous of South Africa: Natalipteris wildei gen. et sp. nov. and Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii gen. et sp. nov. [2015/1]
- Journal
- Journal of African earth sciences
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- January
- Page number
- 64
- Year
- 2015
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Kwazulupteris
- Fossil Status
- stems
- Stratigraphy
- Albian
- Strat. comment
- Turonian? [Mzinene Formation]
- Location
- Hluhluwe District, Natal, South Africa
- Paleoregion
- Africa (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Frankfurt, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Repository Number
- SM.B 20628
- Diagnosis
- Fossil tree fern stem with attached petiole bases and adventitious roots. Multicellular hairs on stem surface. Stem dictyostelic, meristeles U or W shaped, surrounded by sclerenchyma sheath; pith parenchymatous; medullary bundles absent; inner cortex composed of thick walled parenchyma cells and outer cortex with thin walled parenchyma, surrounded by sclerenchymatous hypodermis and epidermis. Mucilague cells and sclerotic nests absent. Petiole bases circular to oval; vascular strand a modified omega shape, presenting a wavy morphology due to repetition of U or V-shaped units. Adventitious roots diarch, inner cortex sclerenchymatous, outer cortex parenchymatous.
