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Lepacyclotes kirchneri
Lepacyclotes kirchneri K. Bauer, Kustat., Dütsch, Schmeissner, M. Krings, van Konijnenb. Ber. Naturwiss. Ges. Bayreuth, 27: 434. 2015
- Name
- Lepacyclotes kirchneri
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lepacyclotes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bauer K.
Kustatscher E.
Dütsch G.
Schmeissner S.
Krings M.
van Konijnenburg-van Cittert J. H. A.
- Publication
- Lepacyclotes kirchneri n. sp. (Isoetales, Isoetaceae) aus dem unteren Jura von Oberfranken, Deutschland [2015]
- Journal
- Berichte der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Bayreuth
- Volume
- 27
- Page number
- 434
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- sporophylls
- Stratigraphy
- Hettangian
- Location
- Sandgrube am Heidelberg, Höferänger bei Kulmbach, Germany
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Repository Number
- UU 23809A
- Diagnosis
- Sporophylls spatulate, >11 mm long (exclusive apical process) and up to 12.5 mm wide, with sturdy, abaxially protruding midrib (= vein) and prominent elongate-triangular or linear apical process; process as long or longer than lamina; distal portion of lamina crescentshaped, wider than proximal portion; proximal lamina portion tapering towards basis; epidermal cells rectangular to quadratic, arranged in irregular rows; stomata scattered, (4–)5–6 subsidiary cells; sporangium adaxial, narrow triangulate; microspores monolete.
