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Gladiopomum dutoitides
Gladiopomum dutoitides Adend., McLoughlin, M.K. Bamford Palaeontol. Afr., 38: 5. 2002
- Name
- Gladiopomum dutoitides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gladiopomum
- Replaced Name
- Scutum dutoitides
- Authors (Pub.)
- Adendorff R.
McLoughlin S.
Bamford M. K.
- Publication
- A new genus of ovuliferous glossopterid fructifications from South Africa [2002]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Africana
- Volume
- 38
- Page number
- 5
- Year
- 2002
- Fossil Status
- reproductive organs (seed)
- Stratigraphy
- Artinskian
- Strat. comment
- Vryheid Formation
- Location
- Vereeniging, northern Karoo Basin, Republic of South Africa
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (South Africa)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Repository Number
- BP/2113945a
- Diagnosis
- Receptacle elongate elliptical to lanceolate, with a
L: W ratio of about 3: 1; very pronounced apical spine;
broad wing (wing width:receptacle width of about
0.7:1). Attached to base of petiole of elongate
oblanceolate Glossopteris leaf, with obtuse apex,
attenuate base and strongly developed, persistent
midrib. Venation is straight to gently arching with few
bifurcations and anastomoses, forming parallel meshes
at an angle of approximately 45° to the midrib.
