Two early mississippian seeds from the price formation of Southwestern Virginia |
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Authors: | Patricia G. Gensel Judith E. Skog |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Botany, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, NC 2. Department of Biology, George Mason University, 22030, Fairfax, VA
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Abstract: | Lagenospermum imparirameum Arnold, originally described from a few specimens of cupulate seeds borne on two or three times dichotomous branches, is now shown to be borne on more complex branching systems. Details of the cupule and seed morphology are added and an emended diagnosis of the taxon is given. A new species,Gnetopsis hispida, is described as the third occurrence of this genus and the first occurrence in beds of Lower Mississippian Age in North America. The classification, evolutionary implications, and dispersal biology are discussed for each of the seeds |
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