Rare Big Fossil extinct fern Mariopteris acuta - liana like climber fossil plant

Description

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Specimen:
Big specimen with Rarer mariopterid species:
Mariopteris acuta
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coal age liana like climber fern fossil
Locality:
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Stratigraphy:
Upper Carboniferous, Middle Pennsylvanian, Westphalian A
Age:
ca. 320 Mya,
Matrix dimensions:
ca. 18,0 x 11,5 x 1,5 cm ( white square - scale bar on pictures is 1,0 x 1,0 cm)
Description:
Mariopteridaceae
seed ferns (Pteridosperms) group contains two genera, Marioptris and Karinopteris.
Mariopteris
is a form genus for relatively small compact fronds which are bifurcated twice.
The pinnules are tongue-shaped to assymmetrically triangular in outline with a distinct basal lobe (at least the pinnules closest to the main axes). Although it is clear that most mariopterids are seed ferns, their natural affinity remains unclear. Karinopterids obviously had a climbing growth habit. This species, like other Karinopteroids and Mariopteroids, had a vine- to liana-like growth habit and climbed with specialized climber hooks.
Systematic:
Division:                Tracheophyta (Sphenopsida)
Kingdom:               Chlorobiota
Plantae
Family:                  Mariopteridaceae
Genus:                   Mariopteris (Zeiller 1878)
Species:
Mariopteris acuta
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