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- Anastomopteris, A New Plant Fossil Genus from the Carboniferous of Anatolia
Anastomopteris, A New Plant Fossil Genus from the Carboniferous of Anatolia
Authors : R. H. Wagner
Pages : 0-0
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Publication Date : 1958-04-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :A single specimen of an odontopteroid plant fossil is described from the Westphalian C-D of Azdavay, in northern Anatolia. Its broadly attached pinnules show the presence of sub-parallel nervules which are anastomosing freely. It thus combines the properties of the genera Odontopteris and Linopteris s. 1. (including Reticulopteris). Consequently, it should be considered as representing a new genus which stands to Odontopteris in the same relationship as Linopteris to Neuropteris. For this new genus the name Anastomopterisi s proposed.Keywords :