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Zosterophyllum longum
Zosterophyllum longum De-M. Wang Acta Geol. Sin. (Engl. ed.), 81(4): 526. Aug 2007
- Name
- Zosterophyllum longum
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- longa
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Zosterophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang D.-M.
- Publication
- Two species of Zosterophyllum from South China and dating of the Xujiachong Formation with a biostratigraphic method [2007/8]
- Journal
- Acta Geologica Sinica
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 526
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Stratigraphy
- Lower Devonian
- Strat. comment
- Pingyipu Formation
- Location
- Yanmenba village, Jiangyou District, northern Sichuan, China
- Paleoregion
- Cathaysia (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Beijing University, Department of Geology, Beijing, China
- Repository Number
- CS1
- Diagnosis
- Axes naked, 1.5-3.5 mm wide. Spikes 3.0- (3.8)4.4 mm wide and up to 24.0 mm long. Lateral sporangia closely and spirally arranged on fertile axes of 0.8-( 1.0b1.3 mm in width. Sporangia vertically elongate in shape, 1.0- (2.0 j2.8 mm high and 0.8-(1.1b1.4 mm wide. Sporangial stalks indistinct.
