Edwards, Dianne  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-4395, Fanning, U., Davies, K. L., Axe, Lindsey and Richardson, J. B.
1995.
Exceptional preservation in Lower Devonian coalified fossils from the Welsh Borderland: a new genus based on reniform sporangia lacking thickened borders.
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
117
(3)
, pp. 233-254.
10.1111/j.1095-8339.1995.tb00454.x
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Abstract
Reniform sporangia, comprising two equal valves and containing retusoid spores, recovered from Lower Old Red Sandstone strata of Devonian age (micrornatus-newportensis Spore Biozone: lower Gedinnian lower Lochkovian) on North Brown Clee Hill in the Welsh Borderland are placed in Resilitheca salopensis gen. et sp. nov. Conventional compression fossils from Targrove, Ludlow of fertile axes showing isotomous branching with limited overtopping are considered conspecific because the terminal reniform sporangia contain the same spores. Spore ultrastructure is described using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Sections show faint traces of lamellae. Particles associated with spores and sporangium wall are compared with the globules of pteridophytes and Ubisch bodies of angiosperms, and related to the development of the sporangium. The new plants are compared with Cooksonia caledonica Edwards known only from impressions, and with Renalia Gensel showing far more pronounced pseudomonopodial branching.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QE Geology Q Science > QK Botany |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cooksonia caledonicay; dehiscence; phylogeny; reproductive biology; spore ultrastructure |
| Publisher: | Linnean Society of London |
| ISSN: | 0024-4074 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 12:31 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10168 |
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