Cordaites cf. lingulatus

Galtier, Jean, Ronchi, Ausonio & Broutin, Jean, 2011, Early Permian silicified floras from the Perdasdefogu Basin (SE Sardinia): comparison and bio-chronostratigraphic correlation with the floras of the Autun Basin (Massif central, France), Geodiversitas 33 (1), pp. 43-69 : 62

Cordaites cf. lingulatus Grand’Eury, 1877

( Fig. 9F )

This leaf, found associated with the stem of Figure 9A , has a thin lamina (0.4 mm), a smooth surface and very closely spaced veins (less than 0.4 mm interval, i.e. about 25 per cm). Rectangular sclerotic strands extend above and below veins; the mesophyll is differentiated into palisade and more or less spongy tissues. Despite similarities with the species C. lingulatus Grand’Eury as illustrated by Renault (1879) this leaf may represent variability of other species like Cordaites principalis Germar , as illustrated by Harms & Leisman (1961).

Figures

FIG. 9. — Silicified plants from the Permian of Sardinia: A, Cordaixylon sp., transverse section of a partly decorticated small stem with a solid parenchymatous pith; on the left the closely associated rachis (P) with several xylem bundles may represent a petiole of the same plant (SAR24B4L13);B, Cordaites leaves associated with Pecopteris pinnules;the broadest leaf (CC) with interfascicular scleren-