A species of compressed lycopod sporophyll from the upper Coal Measures of Somerset

Volume / Part: 11 / 3
Publication Date: July 1968
Page(s): 445 - 457
Authored By: M. C. Boulter

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Compression fossils of a new species of Lycopod sporophyll, Lepidostrobophyllum alatum, are interpreted in terms of their compression history. Three superficially different types of fossil are assigned to the same species as a result of this interpretation. These, it is suggested, are determined by the original orientation of the sporophylls in the sediment prior to compression; either upright, inverted, or lateral. The species has an alated pedicel, and the evolutionary significance of this is discussed.

Palaeontology - Volume 11 Part 3 Pages 445-457

Palaeontology - Volume 11 Part 3 Pages 445-457

Citations

BOULTER, M. C. 1968. A species of compressed lycopod sporophyll from the upper Coal Measures of Somerset. Palaeontology, 11, 3, 445–457.