Nilssoniopteris crassiaxis Yi Zhao et S.H.Deng in Zhao, Deng, Shang, Leng, Lu, Fu & Ma
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000198
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:198
Rank: species
Reference: Zhao, Y., Deng, S., Shang, P., Leng, Q., Lu, Y., Fu, G. & Ma, X. (2018): Two new species of Nilssoniopteris (Bennettitales) from the Middle Jurassic of Sandaoling, Turpan-Hami Basin, Xinjiang, NW China. – Journal of Paleontology 92(4): 525–545.
Page of description: 535
Illustrations or figures: figs 9-12
Types
Holotype SDL-98-L2, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing, China
Figures: fig. 9.13
Note: Paratypes: SDL-98-4-11 (Fig. 9.1), SDL-98-409 (Fig. 9.3), SDL-98-4-13 (Fig. 9.6), SDL-98-L14 (Fig. 9.10), and SDL-98-L1 (Fig. 9.11).
Original diagnosis/description
Leaves petiolate, entire-margined, long strapshaped, but with the widest part at the apical portion. Petiole stout. Lamina gradually and very slowly narrowing from the widest part to the base while narrowing towards the apex more quickly. Leaf base cuneate, apex likely obtuse to obtuserounded. Midrib at leaf base stout, accounting for one-third to one-half width of leaf base, tapering gradually towards leaf apex. Midrib surface bearing irregular transverse corrugations. Lamina attached to the adaxial side of midrib but leaving the central part exposed. Secondary veins thin, conspicuous, simple or forked once, twice, or even three times, with a few veins forking and then merging and a few others merging with their neighboring veins. Leaf hypostomatic. Epidermal areas along veins and between veins distinct on both surfaces. Epidermal cells on the adaxial surface square, rectangular, or more or less isodiametric, with anticlinal walls sinuous, U-shaped, or Ω-shaped. Epidermal cells along veins on the abaxial surface rectangular or elongated, between veins irregularly shaped, with anticlinal walls strongly sinuous, U- or Ω-shaped. Stomata syndetocheilic, mostly vertical or oblique to veins but occasionally parallel to veins. Trichome bases consisting of 1–3 cells occurring numerously along veins and between veins of the abaxial epidermis. Epidermal cells on the abaxial surface of midrib having straight anticlinal walls, with numerous trichome bases present.
Etymology
Specific epithet is taken from the Latin crass, strong, and axis, midrib.
Stratigraphy
Jurassic, Middle Jurassic
Xishanyao Formation
Locality
China
Sandaoling Coal Mine, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
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