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Belemnopteris elongata
Belemnopteris elongata Lacey, Dijk, Gordon-Gray Ann. Natal Mus., 22(2): 373. 14 Nov 1975
- Name
- Belemnopteris elongata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Belemnopteris
- Authors (Pub.)
- Lacey W. S.
van Dijk D. E.
Gordon-Gray K. D.
- Publication
- Fossil plants from the Upper Permian in the Mooi River district of Natal, South Africa [1975/11]
- Journal
- Annals of the Natal Museum
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 373
- Year
- 1975
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Location
- Mooi River district, Natal, South Africa
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (South Africa)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- Repository Number
- NM 1743
- Diagnosis
- Leaf elongate or ovate-Ianceolate, at least 10 cm long and 3 cmwide, base sagittate, petiolate. Basal lobes acutely or bluntly pointed, at least 7 mmlong. Midrib strong, longitudinally striated, 1,5 to 2,5 mm wide, lateral branchesabout 0,5 mm wide, reflexed, running submarginally on the proximal side of the basallobes and becoming thinner towards their tips. Secondary veins ascending obliquelyat about 45° to the midrib and margin through most of the lamina, but spreading at90° near the base and downwards into the basal lobes, anastomosing to form an openreticulum, with large slightly elongated hexagonal or polygonal meshes, up to about3 mm long by 1,5 mm wide, smaller near the margin.
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