Thaumatopteris sp.

Kustatscher, Evelyn, Dellantonio, Elio & Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert, Johanna H. A., 2014, The ferns of the late Ladinian, Middle Triassic flora from Monte Agnello, Dolomites, Italy, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (3), pp. 741-755 : 746

Thaumatopteris sp.

Fig. 4B.

Material.— MGP 63/80, pinna fragment, Monte Agnello, Dolomites, N-Italy, early late Ladinian.

Description.— One pinna fragment 55 mm long and 13 mm wide is characterized by a very distinct midrib and an entire margin ( MGP 63/80; Fig. 4 B). The lateral veins are distinctly reticulate with meshes that are coarser near the midrib (1–2 mm wide) and finer near the margin.

Discussion.— Unfortunately the fragment is small and does not provide any details on the frond and pinna morphology, thus attribution to a species is impossible. The venation pattern, however, attributes this specimen to Thaumatopteris (see e.g., Nathorst 1907; Schweitzer et al. 2009).