ARCHAEOPTERIS (PROGYMNOSPERMOPSIDA) FROM THE DEVONIAN OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

被引:42
作者
ANDERSON, HM [1 ]
HILLER, N [1 ]
GESS, RW [1 ]
机构
[1] RHODES UNIV,DEPT GEOL,GRAHAMSTOWN 6140,SOUTH AFRICA
关键词
ANCIENT TREE; FOSSIL PLANT; GEOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;
D O I
10.1006/bojl.1995.0021
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Archaeopteris notosaria sp. nov. based on one fertile and numerous sterile leafy branches is described from the Grahamstown By-Pass locality, Witpoort Formation (Witteberg Group) Upper Devonian, and represents the first unequivocal record of the genus in southern Africa. This occurrence is used, in its palaeogeographical context, to support the suggestion that climatic gradients in Late Devonian times were less steep than they are at present.
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