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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Schweitzer, Hans Joachim |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | Aus dem in den Klerf-Schichten der Eifel (oberes Unterems) gelegenen SteinbruchKöppen bei Waxweiler stammen die in dieser Arbeit zum ersten Mal beschriebenen basalen Organe einerPrototaxites-Art sowie zwei neue, wahrscheinlich zu den Psilophyten gehörende Arten.Die basalen Organe vonPrototaxites hefteri sind denen der rezenten Laminarien sehr ähnlich. Dennoch reicht dies nicht als Beweis für die Zugehörigkeit der Prototaxiten zu den Braunalgen aus, solange die Fruktifikationen noch unbekannt sind. Koeppenia eifeliensis ist ein ährenförmiger Strobilus mit Sporangiophoren, die in seinem unteren Bereich zweimal, im oberen nur einmal dichotom verzweigt sind. In der Seitenansicht sind sic sehr dünn, in der Aufsicht 0.5 mm breit. Jedes Terminalsegment trägt ein atropes, ellipsoidisches, bis zu 2 mm langes und 1 mm breites Sporangium.Auch vonRebskia musaeformis liegen bisher nur die distalen Triebe vor. Sie waren sehr fragil. Die Hauptachsen verästeln sich in unregelmäßigen Abständen schraubig, im tieferen Bereich anisotom, im höheren nahezu isotom. Sie lassen kaum noch den ursprünglichen pseudomonopidialen Verzweigungsmodus erkennen.Die Sporangien entspringen sowohl an den Hauptachsen wie auch an den Ästen. Je tiefer sie inseriert sind, desto länger sind sie gestielt. In juverilem Zustand sind sie nur 3 mm, im adulten bis zu 10 mm lang und nehmen dann eine bananenförmige Gestalt an. Sie öffnen sich bei der Reife entlang einer distalen Dehiszens entweder ganz oder zumindest teilweise und geben das distal gelegene sporogene Gewebe mit den noch zusammengeballten Sporen frei. Ob diese als massulac oder einzeln ausgestreut wurden, ist unbekannt. Da die weitaus meisten Sporangien isoliert und noch geschlossen aufgefunden wurden, liegt die Vermutung nahe, daß sie vorzeitig abgeworfen und noch geschlossen durch Wind oder Wasser verbreitet wurden.Lower Emsian sediments are exposed in theKöppen quarry near Waxweiler (Eifel). Beds of a deltaic channel facies alternate with those of supratidal marshlands as well as with those of mudflats in tidal and even subtidal zones to a water depth of about 20 m. They contain numerous plant remains, the majority of which is autochthonously embedded, many of them still in life position. The original succession of the plants could thus be reconstructed (text-fig. 1).The basal parts of aPrototaxites species (P. hefteri) are described for the first time. The rhizoids show the same horizontal wrinkles as the stems and cauloids of this plant. The mode of branching of the rhizoids corresponds completely with that of Recent Laminariales (text-fig. 6). Nevertheless, the systematic position ofPrototaxites remains uncertain as long as the fertile organs are unknown.A new spike-shaped strobilus is described asKoeppenia eifeliensis (pl. 2 figs 1-3a; text-fig. 7). Diagnosis: Strobilus of an unknown plant. Main axis straight, tapering from 5 to 2 mm within a distance of 11 cm, densely covered with sporangiophores of unknown arrangement. Sporangiophores about 10 mm long, in the lower part of the strobilus branching twice dichotomously, in the upper part only once; in lateral view very thin, in front view ca. 0.5 mm broad. Sporangia terminal, atropous, cllipsoidical, up to 2 mm long and 1 mm broad. Rebskia musaeformis nov. spec. (pl. 2 fig. 4, pls 3–6; text-figs 8–15) is an enigmatic plant of uncertain systematic position. It may either belong to the psilophytes or to the primitive ferns. It is, however, undoubtedly a member of a new family.Diagnosis: Only the distal parts of the plant are known. These consisting of rather gracile main rachises, apparently very fragile and with light longitudinal ribbing. Main rachises irregularly and helically branched, scarcely pseudomonopodial.Branches of the first order arising generally at angles of < 50°. Further branching spare, anisotomous lower down, nearly dichotomous higher up. None completely preserved.Sporangia born on the main rachises as well as on the branches, especially on those of the last order. The first ones with long stalks, the stalks up to 12 mm long and about 1 mm thick, arising at angles of generally > 50°. Length of the stalks tapering distally, those of the uppermost sporangia completely reduced.Sporangia presumably deciduous or shed before mature. Juvenile sporangia only 3 mm long, adult up to 10 mm. The latter banana-shaped, tapering proximally in the stalks, rounded apically. Sporangia presumably completely or at least partially opening along a longitudinal dehiscense. Sporangial tissue restricted to the apical region of the sporangia, forming a spherical spore mass of 0.5 mm diameter. |
| Starting Page | 371 |
| Ending Page | 395 |
| Page Count | 25 |
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| ISSN | 00372110 |
| Journal | Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |
| Volume Number | 80 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Publisher Date | 2000-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Plants Koeppenia Prototaxites Rebskia taxonomy Lower Devonien Eifel Germany Paleontology Biodiversity Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Freshwater & Marine Ecology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Paleontology |
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