Reconsideration of a specimen attributed to Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida) from the Lower Devonian of Sichuan, South China

The specimen of Leclercqia complexa previously described by Geng from the Early Devonian Pingyipu Group of Sichuan Province, South China was re-investigated. The result demonstrated that the plant bears three-dimensional microphylls with as many as 12 segments and adaxial, oval-elongate sporangia, showing a more complicated morphology than any other taxon of the order Protolepidodendrales. Although new observations do not confirm the previous designation to Leclercqia, it is not appropriate to establish a new taxon based on the only single poorly preserved specimen.