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D e s c r i p t i o n. This species is represented here by just a single broken pinnule preserved as part and counterpart (Pl. 1, Figs 1, 2). The specimen is
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, with a linguaeform to slightly barreled shape, and rounded to slightly obtuse apex; the base of the pinnule is not fully preserved but shows what may be an incipient basiscopic auricle, and the acroscopic side is somewhat constricted. A prominent midvein extends for most of the pinnule length. Fine lateral veins are emitted from the midvein at an acute angle, arch broadly along most of their length, to meet the pinnule margin at about rightangles. The lateral veins fork three or four times at an acute angle, producing a marginal vein density of ca. 40 per cm.
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Adaxial epidermis was thinly cutinised, but relatively large fragments could be obtained (Pl. 1, Figs 36). The cells of the intercostal field were isodiametric, polygonal,
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in size. The costal field was formed by elongated polygonal to tetragonal cells that were
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Abaxial epidermis was thinly cutinised and there was a distinct differentiation between the cells of the costal and intercostal fields (Pl. 1, Fig. 7, Pl. 2, Fig. 3). The costal field, covering the lateral veins, was formed by elongate tetragonal, trapezoidal or rarely polygonal cells,
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wide. The intercostal fields had more irregularly shaped randomly oriented polygonal cells
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wide. The anticlinal walls were straight or bent.
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Structured holes (Pl. 1, Fig. 8) occur rarely in the costal field of the abaxial epidermis. They are round and around
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Anomocytic stomata were restricted to the intercostal fields of the abaxial surface and were randomly oriented (Pl. 2, Fig. 3). The guard cells were sunken and surrounded by 5 to 6 adjacent cells (Pl. 2, Figs 2, 4). The guard cells were reniform with projections in the polar areas,
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wide. The exterior (dorsal) walls of the guard cells had strong thickened lamellae and radial striae except in the polar regions (Pl. 2, Fig. 4). Moreover, the guard cells were strongly cutinised around the pores and at the contact areas with adjacent cells. The central part of the dorsal walls bore characteristic radial striae. The stomatal density (SD) varied from 100 (costal field included) to 130 stomata per mm
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and the stomatal index from 15 to 18.
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C o m p a r i s o n s. Alethopterids are generally rare in the upper Radnice Member (
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,
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,
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,
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). The only species to be previously reported from the tuffites above the “Z-tuff” are possible fragments
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STERNBERG; it is better documented from the “Z-tuff” itself. However, the latter species tends to have more elongate linguaeform pinnules, and lateral veins that are less curved, rather denser and fork fewer times (usually only once or occasionally twice). The shorter pinnules in
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can develop somewhat biconvex pinnules, but here the pinnules tend to have a more acute apex, in contrast to the more rounded apex in the presently described specimen.
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has much denser stomata (370 per mm
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) on the abaxial surface and are surrounded by a ring of subsidiary cells (
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,
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,
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).
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The only other alethopterid to be recorded from the upper Radnice Member is
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R.H.WAGNER, emended by
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. The latter has very similar shaped pinnules, but the veins are much less dense (typically 1827 per cm on the pinnules margin) and tend to fork at a wider angle. Cuticles of
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from the Whetstone Horizon described by
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are broadly similar to those obtained from the Upper Lubná Coal specimen in the general configuration of the epidermal cells, but differ in having trichomes on the adaxial surface and papillae on the abaxial surface.
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.WAGNER originated from the
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and has pinnules of similar size and similar vein density, but which are clearly more subtriangular with an acute apex than in the currently described specimen
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.
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and
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reported
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serlii
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(BRONGNIART) GÖPPERT from the lower Radnice Member, although in the lowland paralic basins it does not appear until late Asturian times (
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Zone e.g.
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, Cleal et al. 2010). However,
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has generally longer and more slender pinnules, and the lateral veins often tend to be more flexuous (
<bibRefCitation id="B3594B54FFF1FFF6FD43FE43FF4967E4" author="Wagner, R. H." pageId="2" pageNumber="39" pagination="1 - 188" refId="ref5237" refString="Wagner, R. H. (1968): Upper Westphalian and Stephanian species of Alethopteris from Europe, Asia Minor and North America. - Mededelingen van de Rijks Geologische Dienst, Serie C, III- 1 (6): 1 - 188." type="journal article" year="1968">Wagner 1968</bibRefCitation>
,
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). The stomatal density is similar in both species but in
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they are orientated more parallel to the veins (
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).
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In floras of similar age in the lowland paralic basins of Euramerica, there is some comparison with
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corsinii
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BUISINE. However, the pinnules tend to be rather more slender and lanceolate, and the veins are straighter, less forked and with a lower density (ca. 30 per cm on the pinnule margin).
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Among early Westphalian alethopterids of Euramerica, only three species are notably abundant (
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,
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).
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decurrens
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(ARTIS) ZEILLER is clearly quite different having much more slender, often almost needle-like pinnules and widely forked lateral veins.
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can also be distinguished by having adaxial epidermal cells that are not so markedly differentiated between the costal and intercostal fields and the guard cells of the stomata lack the thickened lamellae and radial striae (
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).
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davreuxii
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(BRONGNIART) ZEILLER has notably more lanceolate pinnules, and veins that are more flexuous, often verging on the pseudo-anastomosed, and somewhat less dense (3036 per cm on pinnule margin);
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can also be distinguished by having papillate stomata (
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).
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urophylla
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(BRONGNIART) GÖPPERT has less barrel-shaped pinnules, the smaller ones tending to an obliquely subtriangular form (
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); and the stomata are smaller and oriented parallel to the veins (
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).
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The closest comparison to the currently described specimen is in fact a species normally found in upper Asturian floras (
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Zone)
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pseudograndinioides
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ZODROW et CLEAL. It also has linguaeform to slightly barrelled pinnules, a well-marked midvein, and broadly curved lateral veins that fork two or four times. The most notable difference is the rather higher vein density (in
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it is usually 2034 per cm see
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). It is possible that this merely represents an extreme end-member of intra-specific variation but, given its very early stratigraphical occurrence (
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has not previously been reliably reported from below the
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Zone see
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) we think this unlikely. Hence, we have named it
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cf.
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.
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The cuticles of this Czech specimen also resemble the
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of
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pseudograndinioides
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(from the
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,
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) in the shape and the dimensions of the epidermal cells.
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stomatal guard cells of the
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specimens were a little smaller and narrower than in the described specimen.
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specimens also show evidence of stomata that were more parallel oriented than in the described specimen.
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stomatal density is a little higher in the
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specimen 250 stomata per mm
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, whereas the studied specimen has only some 100130 stomata per mm
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.
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