Almargemia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | †Almargemia Florin 1933[1] |
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Almargemia is a genus of fossil leaves from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal produced by members of the Zamiaceae. It was erected by Rudolf Florin based on macrofossil material with preserved cuticle.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The material on which it is based was first described by Oswald Heer under the name Ctenidium dentatum and C. integerrimum.[3] Later, the cuticle was described by Florin, who transferred the material to the newly erected genus Almargemia.
Description[edit]
The leaflets of Almargemia have few parallel veins that do not fuse together. The leaflet margin have large, lobe-like teeth. The cuticle has elongated pavement cells, with some pavement cells having a dark-stained cuticles. The stomata are sunken in a stomatal pit.
References[edit]
- ^ Florin, Carl Rudolf (1933). Studien uber die Cycadales des Mesozoikums nebst Erorterngen uber die Spaltoffnungsapparate der Bennettitales. K. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl.
- ^ Florin, Carl Rudolf (1933). Studien uber die Cycadales des Mesozoikums nebst Erorterngen uber die Spaltoffnungsapparate der Bennettitales. K. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl.
- ^ Heer, Oswald (1881). Contributions à la flore fossile du Portugal. J. Wurster.
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