SPERMOPTERIS, A NEW GENUS OF PTERIDOSPERMS FROM THE UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN SERIES OF KANSAS
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- 1 December 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Botany
- Vol. 47 (10) , 855-859
Abstract
Cridland, Arthur A., and John E. Morris. (Kansas U., Lawrence.) Spermopteris, a new genus of pteridosperms from the Upper Pennsylvanian Series of Kansas. Amer. Jour. Bot. 47(10) : 855–859. Illus. 1960.—Spermopteris gen. nov., based upon seed‐bearing specimens of the formgenus Taeniopteris, is described from the Lawrence Shale, Pennsylvanian System, of Kansas. The single species S. coriacea (Göppert) comb. nov. is known. Comparison is made with other fertile and supposedly fertile Paleozoic specimens of Taeniopteris and with specimens of T. spatulata from the Rhaetic of Tonkin.Keywords
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- National Science Foundation
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