Sublepidophloios ventricosus HOPPING , 1956
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Sublepidophloios ventricosus HOPPING , 1956 |
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Sublepidophloios ventricosus HOPPING, 1956
1956 Sublepidophloios ventricosus HOPPING , p. 3, figs 1–3.
2013 Sublepidophloios ventricosus HOPPING ; Thomas et al., p. 317, figs 4A–B, 5, 6.
D e s c r i p t i o n. Stem fragment preserved in ironstone showing straight, vertically-elongated leaf-cushions 50 mm long, 15 mm wide. Central part of leaf-cushions bulge outwards by ca. 10 mm and overlap lower part of cushion by ca. 2 mm. Leaf scars 2.5 mm long, 5 mm wide, with three foliar prints, and a ligule pit which is a little above the middle of the upper cushion surface.
R e m a r k s. Only one specimen of this species is known, but it clearly shows the characteristic leaf-cushions of this fossil-genus that are intermediate between typical Lepidodendron and Lepidophloios . For a detailed account of this specimen see Thomas et al. (2013).
O c c u r r e n c e. Possil Ironstone (Limestone Coal
Formation), Robroyston Colliery, Lanarkshire.
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