Keywords
fern, Lower Permian, Upper Paleozoic, New Mexico
Abstract
A nearly complete juvenile fernlike plant is described here from Lower Permian rocks of New Mexico. The fossil consists of a horizontal rhizome with roots, a short thick upright aerial branch, and a tuft of dimorphic leaves. It is assigned to Arnodia kuesii gen. et sp. n. and appears to be the first juvenile fernlike plant known from the Upper Paleozoic. Abundant palynomorphs and other plant fossils associated with the fossil indicate that it is Early Permian in age.
Original Publication Citation
Arnoldia kuesii, a new juvenile fernlike plant from the Lower Permian of New Mexico. Sidney R. Ash and William D. Tidwell Botanical Gazette (Chicago) (June 1986), 147(2):236-242
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Tidwell, William D. and Ash, Sidney, "Arnoldia kuesii, a new juvenile fernlike plant from the Lower Permian of New Mexico" (1986). Faculty Publications. 1449.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1449
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1986-06-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2498
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Geological Sciences
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