Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4750822 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Hong-He Xu, Qi Wang,