Frenelopsis sp.

Moreau, Jean-David, Néraudeau, Didier, Philippe, Marc & Dépré, Éric, 2017, Albian flora from Archingeay-Les Nouillers (Charente- Maritime): comparison and synthesis of Cretaceous meso- and macro-remains from the Aquitaine Basin (southwestern France), Geodiversitas 39 (4), pp. 729-740 : 731

Frenelopsis sp.

( Fig. 3C )

MATERIAL. — 1 specimen: IGR 2769a.

DESCRIPTION

Specimen consists of isolated, narrow internodes, 35 mm long, and up to 4 mm wide. Each internode is composed by one whorl of three proximally fused leaves. Distally, internodes show three small, triangular free tips up to 1.5 mm long.

REMARKS

The gross morphology of the specimen is close to that of Frenelopsis alata (K. Feistmantel, 1881) E. Knobloch, 1971. Based on isolated cuticles, this taxon was first recorded from the sub-unit A1sl1 by Gomez et al. (2004).

Figures

FIG. 3. — A, Geinitzia Endl., 1847, leafy axis showing pointed and spirally arranged leaves;Géosciences Rennes, IGR 2769b; B, detail of A; C, Frenelopsis Schenk, 1869, leafy axis showing three small tips (arrows) on the apex, Géosciences Rennes, IGR 2769a; D, E, Glenrosa carentonensis Moreau, Néraudeau, Tafforeau & Dépré, 2015, leafy axes showing short and spirally arranged leaves, Géosciences Rennes, IGR 2769c. Scale bars: 1 cm.