Sphenopteris valentinii G.Forte et Kerp in Forte, Kustatscher, van Konijnenburg-van Cittert & Kerp
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000292
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:292
Rank: species
Reference: Forte, G., Kustatscher, E., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, J. H. A. & Kerp, H. (2018): Sphenopterid diversity in the Kungurian of Tregiovo (Trento, NE-Italy). – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 252: 64–76.
Page of description: 67
Illustrations or figures: pls III, IV
Types
Holotype MGP-PD 31970, Museum of Geology and Palaeontology of the University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Figures: pl. III
Note: counterpart of holotype: TREG 232 (pl. IV)
In material and methods, there is stated: "The recently collected material (collection Valentini) has a provisional prefix (e.g., TREG, followed by a progressive number);...".
Original diagnosis/description
Frond bifurcated, bipinnate, triangular in outline. Pinnae long, triangular in outline, densely spaced, partly overlapping, inserted above the bifurcation at acute angles. Pinnules pinnately arranged, quite narrow, inserted at acute angles, stiff, simple to once bifurcated near the pinnule base. First pinna and pinnule arising on the basiscopic (catadromic) side.
Etymology
The epithet refers to Mr. Ferruccio Valentini who discovered the new fossil site near Tregiovo and collected the here described material.
Stratigraphy
Permian, Cisuralian, Kungurian
Tregiovo Formation (middle Kungurian)
Locality
Italy
Le Fraine Section, Tregiovo, upper flora, at 105 m above the base of the section Tregiovo, Val di Non, Trento Province, northern Italy
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
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