TY - JOUR
T1 - Cormophyton gen. nov., a cormose lycopod from the middle Pennsylvanian Mazon creek flora
AU - Pigg, Kathleen B.
AU - Taylor, Thomas N.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Peter R. Crane, Departmenot f Geology,F ield Museumo f Natural History, Chicagof or loaning us the Mazon Creek noduless tudiedin the presentc ontributionT. hanksare also due to Drs. Richard L. Leafy and James E. Mickle, Illinois State Museum, for allowing us to examinet ype material of Stigmarioidetsr uncatusil lustratedb y Lesquereuxa nd photo-graphso f other Illinois State Museums pecimensa,n d Dr. Andrew H. Knoll, HarvardB iologicalM useum,f or providingp hotographosf additionaml aterial of Stigmarioidessp eciesW. e also thank Dr. Eric E. Karrfalt for his interpretation of the rhizotaxyo f our materiala, ndMr. David Dennis,f or illustrations. This study was supportedin part by Grant DEB-8001803fr om the National ScienceF oundation.
PY - 1985/5
Y1 - 1985/5
N2 - Cormophyton mazonensis gen. et sp. nov. is proposed for an authigenically preserved cormose lycopod base in Mazon Creek nodules from the middle Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Based on size, shape, and morphological features, Cormophyton is assigned to the Chaloneriaceae and is thought to represent a plant similar to Chaloneria cormosa. The discovery of this form allows for the description of several external features of Chaloneria-like plant bases and further demonstrates the diversity of isoetalean lycophytes in Carboniferous sediments.
AB - Cormophyton mazonensis gen. et sp. nov. is proposed for an authigenically preserved cormose lycopod base in Mazon Creek nodules from the middle Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Based on size, shape, and morphological features, Cormophyton is assigned to the Chaloneriaceae and is thought to represent a plant similar to Chaloneria cormosa. The discovery of this form allows for the description of several external features of Chaloneria-like plant bases and further demonstrates the diversity of isoetalean lycophytes in Carboniferous sediments.
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U2 - 10.1016/0034-6667(85)90014-4
DO - 10.1016/0034-6667(85)90014-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022225534
VL - 44
SP - 165
EP - 181
JO - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
JF - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
SN - 0034-6667
IS - 3-4
ER -