Revision and significance of the Westphalian (Middle Pennsylvanian) arborescent lycopsid Bergeria dilatata (Lindley & Hutton) Álvarez-Vázquez & Wagner

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  • Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez  Centro Paleobotánico, Real Jardín Botánico de Córdoba
  • Jiří Bek Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology, Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Robert H. Wagner  Centro Paleobotánico, Real Jardín Botánico de Córdoba

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https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.33.1.13240

Abstract

Bergeria dilatata (Lindley & Hutton) Alvarez-Vazquez & Wagner, a Middle Pennsylvanian lycopsid, is redescribed based on type material from England as well as 586 specimens from the Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel Coalfield, Cordoba province, southern Spain. The species is characterized by longer than broad, smooth leaf cushions showing false leaf scars, and the presence of perennial, long, entire, single-veined leaves. A complete synonymy is presented and 21 new species (two of them with doubts), previously placed in 6 different genera, have been synonymized. Associated  Flemingites-type cones, determined as Flemingites russelianus, yielded  in situ spores of the Lagenoisporites  rugosus type and microspores of the Microspinosporites type.

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2018-10-31

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Álvarez-Vázquez, C., Bek, J., & Wagner, R. H. (2018). Revision and significance of the Westphalian (Middle Pennsylvanian) arborescent lycopsid Bergeria dilatata (Lindley & Hutton) Álvarez-Vázquez & Wagner. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 33(1), 5–40. https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.33.1.13240
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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2018): SPANISH JOURNAL OF PALAEONTOLOGY

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