Baragwanathia brevifolioides P.KRAFT et KVAČEK, 2021

Kraft, Petr & Kvaček, Zlatko, 2021, Baragwanathia Brevifolioides, A Nomen Novum For B. Brevifolia P. Kraft Et Kvaček, 2017, Fossil Imprint 77 (1), pp. 53-54 : 53

Baragwanathia brevifolioides P.KRAFT et KVAČEK nom. nov.

Text-fig. 1

R e p l a c e d s y n o n y m. Baragwanathia brevifolia P. KRAFT et KVAČEK, 2017 , Gondwana Res., p. 183, figs 3A, B, D, F–J, 4A–C.

H o l o t y p e. KR 1, housed in the collection of the Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic (figured in Kraft and Kvaček 2017: figs 3A, B, D, F–J, 4A–C and Text-fig. 1 here).

P l a n t F o s s i l N a m e s R e g i s t r y N u m b e r.

PFN002239.

E t y m o l o g y. After short microphylls.

T y p e l o c a l i t y. Karlštejn – Ve Spáleném (near house no. 132), Czech Republic.

T y p e h o r i z o n.PožáryFormation; Neocolonograptus ultimus Biozone ; Přídolí, Silurian.

D i a g n o s i s. Slender axes bearing subtle, linear and moderately long microphylls, uniform in dense arrangement, truncate or rounded at tips, showing a median midrib. Branching of stems isotomous. Apices of axes enfolded in a dense tuft of upward-facing microphylls (according to Kraft and Kvaček 2017: 183).

Figures

Text-fig. 1. Baragwanathia brevifolioides P.KRAFT et KVAČEK nom. nov. Holotype (KR 1). Scale bar equals 10 mm.