Pagiophyllum sp.

Sender, Luis Miguel, Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue, Diez, Jose Bienvenido, Sanchez-Pellicer, Raquel, Bercovici, Antoine, Pons, Denise & Ferrer, Javier, 2012, A new uppermost Albian flora from Teruel province, northeastern Spain, Geodiversitas 34 (2), pp. 373-397 : 373-397

Pagiophyllum sp. Layers A to E ( Fig. 5D, F )

SPECIMENS. — MPZ 2010/937 to MPZ 2010/1024.

DESCRIPTION

Fragments of twigs up to 12 cm long, branched up to three times and bearing spirally arranged scale-like leaves (up to 4 mm long and 1.5 mm wide). Leaves are rhombic, slightly decurrent at the base, appressed proximally and separated from the axis just in the first ⅓ of their length.A medial keel is present on the abaxial face of the leaves and a medial groove present on the adaxial face. Apex of leaves sharply acute.

Figures

FIG. 5. — Gymnosperms of the Estercuel plant fossil site (Teruel province, northeastern Spain): A, Desmiophyllum sp.; B, fragments of Podozamites (Brongniart) Braun,1843 leaves; C, conifer seed cones; D, Pagiophyllum sp., branched shoots; E, Podozamites sp.; F, Pagiophyllum sp. shoots. Scale bars: 1 cm.