Cladophlebis sp.

Sender, Luis Miguel, Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue, Diez, Jose Bienvenido, Sanchez-Pellicer, Raquel, Bercovici, Antoine, Pons, Denise & Ferrer, Javier, 2012, A new uppermost Albian flora from Teruel province, northeastern Spain, Geodiversitas 34 (2), pp. 373-397 : 373-397

Cladophlebis sp. Layer E ( Fig. 4A )

SPECIMEN. — MPZ 2010/936.

DESCRIPTION

Fragments of penultimate pinnae up to 4.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide bearing ultimate pinnae alternate and lanceolate, slightly decurrent at base. Pinnules opposite to sub-opposite, ovoidal.Margin of pinnules entire, joined to the rachis by the entire base. Apex rounded.Venation is difficult to distinguish, but apparently comprises one medial vein with diverging alternate secondary veins which fork up to the margins.

Figures

FIG. 4. — Lycopsids and ferns:A, fern Cladophlebis sp.,fragment of secondary pinna;B, accumulation of Isoetites leaves (Lycopsida); C, fern Onychiopsis sp., secondary pinnae; D, Isoetites sp., isolated leaf showing trabeculae. Scale bars: 1 cm.