Cryptokerpia sarlaccophora

Name

Cryptokerpia sarlaccophora

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Cryptokerpia

Authors (Pub.)

Blomenkemper P. Abu Hamad A. Bomfleur B.  

Publication

Cryptokerpia sarlaccophora gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic plant fossil from the Late Permian Umm Irna Formation of Jordan [2019/6]

Journal

Paläontologische Zeitschrift

Volume

93

Page number

[3] 481

Year

2019

Fossil Status

foliage

Stratigraphy

Permian

Strat. comment

Umm Irna Formation, Hudayb Group

Location

A small wadi at the northeastern flank of the Dead Sea, Jordan (31°32′04″N; 35°33′38″E)

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Arabia)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Geomuseum, Münster, Germany

Repository Number

Roadcut4BSL#012

Num

Fig. 2a–c, f, k

Pub.

Cryptokerpia sarlaccophora gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic plant fossil from the Late Permian Umm Irna Formation of Jordan [2019/6]

Diagnosis

Leaves needle-like. Regular epidermal pavement cells oriented longitudinally, arranged in longitudinal files, usually rounded-rectangular to isodiametric, usually with a single small, solid, hemispherical papilla. Stomatal complexes forming prominent, deep stomatal crypts with usually a single stoma per crypt, either scattered irregularly over the entire leaf surface or arranged in discontinuous to regular longitudinal rows; neighbouring cells surrounding crypt opening narrow-trapeziform, arranged radially, bearing a single low papilla arching towards the crypt opening; crypts two cells deep; one ring of papillae per crypt-wall cell layer.