Podozamites 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

Podozamites sp. Layers A to E ( Fig. 5 B, E )

SPECIMENS. — MPZ 2010/1025 to MPZ 2010/1034.

DESCRIPTION

Leaves lanceolate up to 7 cm long and 1 cm wide. Lamina tapers at the base into a narrow wing. Apex rounded to obtusely pointed. Venation composed of numerous parallel veins (c. 30 veins per cm) equally spaced, which diverge from a point at base and fusing apparently at apex.

Figures

FIG. 5. — Gymnosperms of the Estercuel plant fossil site (Teruel province, northeastern Spain): A, Desmiophyllum sp.; B, fragments of Podozamites (Brongniart) Braun,1843 leaves; C, conifer seed cones; D, Pagiophyllum sp., branched shoots; E, Podozamites sp.; F, Pagiophyllum sp. shoots. Scale bars: 1 cm.