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Zosterophyllum qujingense
Zosterophyllum qujingense S.-G. Hao, J.-Z. Xue, De-M. Wang Int. J. Pl. Sci., 168(4): 480. May 2007
- Name
- Zosterophyllum qujingense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Zosterophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hao S.-G.
Xue J.-Z.
Wang D.-M.
- Publication
- Zosterophyllum Penhallow around the Silurian‐Devonian Boundary of Northeastern Yunnan, China [2007/5]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 168
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 480
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Stratigraphy
- Pridoli
- Strat. comment
- Yulongsi Formation
- Location
- South bank of Xiaxishan reservoir, ca. 800 m southwest of Xiaxishan village, Qujing city, Yunnan province, China
- Paleoregion
- Cathaysia (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Beijing University, Department of Geology, Beijing, China
- Repository Number
- PUH-QS01-1
- Diagnosis
- Plant small. Naked erect axes, 0.7–1.4 mm wide, with basal K- or H-shaped and upper isotomous branching at acute angle. Spikes consisting of three to 13 sporangia, 7.4–17.6 mm long and 3.7–4.5 mm wide. Sporangial arrangement roughly helical or irregular, generating two or three vertical rows. Sporangia wedge shaped in face view, 2.5–4.5 mm high, and 3.1–4.7 mm wide, with protuberant base. Each sporangium attached by a short stalk at an acute angle on the axis. Stalks 0.9–1.5 mm long and 0.9–2.1 mm wide, with increase in width after departure from the axis. Sporangia dehisce along a pronounced thickened border.
