Cordaites setlikii Šimůnek

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003181

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3181

Author: Z. Šimůnek

Rank: species

Reference for this name: Šimůnek, Z. (2024): Leaf cuticular analysis of the Upper Pennsylvanian and lower Cisuralian (Carboniferous – Permian) species of Cordaites Unger from the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic. – Palaeontographica Abteilung B-Palaeophytologie Palaeobotany-Palaeophytology 305(5–6): 121–191.

Page of description: 135

Illustrations or figures: figs 3h, 5i, pls 9 (7–11), 10

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves narrow, hypostomatic, venation middle dense. Strips of sclerotic tissue indiscernible. Stomatal complexes in single rows.

Etymology

Named after Jaromír ŠETLÍK, the former employee of the Czech Geological Survey and probable discoverer of this specimen.

Stratigraphy

Carboniferous
Rybníček (Walchia) coal seam, Vernéřovice Member, Chvaleč Formation. Stephanian C, Carboniferous.

Locality

Czech Republic
Rybníček, a heap of the former pit “U Kapličky”, Intrasudetic Basin.