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Urpicalis steemansii
Urpicalis steemansii Gerrienne Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sér. 2, Mécan., Phys., Chim., 314(8): 852. 9 Apr 1992
- Name
- Urpicalis steemansii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Urpicalis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gerrienne P.
- Publication
- Les plantes emsiennes de Fooz-Wépion (bord nord du Synclinorium de Dinant, Belgique) II [1992/4]
- Journal
- Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences
- Volume
- 314
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 852
- Year
- 1992
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Stratigraphy
- Emsian
- Location
- Bois Collet quarry, Fooz-Wépion, 8 km south of Namur (northern margin of the Dinant Synclinorium), Belgium
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Avalonia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Repository Number
- 13382
- Diagnosis
- Fertile axis systems at least 6.5 mm long; axes of these fertile systems 0.2-(0.35)-0.5 mm wide, showing up to four dichotomies, probably borne on axes 1.0 to 1.5 mm wide. Sporangia 0.16-(0.24)-0.28 mm wide and0.6—(0.81)-1.1 mm long. Epidermic cells at least 100 m long and 10 to 30 m wide.
