Pecopteris sp.

(Fig. 8A)

A transverse section of a vegetative pinnule, similar to those shown on Figure 7E, shows the fleshy texture of the lamina (300-400 µm thick) with palisade and spongy parenchyma; the pinnule margins are flexed downwards and prominent hairs are borne on the lower epidermis. Such pinnules are smaller but very similar in organization to the vegetative pinnules attributed to Scolecopteris oliveri from Autun by Scott & Holden (1933); they may belong to the same plant as the associated fertile pinnules described hereafter.