Coniopteris murrayana Brogniart, 1849

Pole, Mike, 2019, Middle-Late Jurassic plant assemblages of the Catlins coast, New Zealand, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 51) 23 (3), pp. 1-48 : 10-11

Coniopteris murrayana Brogniart, 1849

Figure 5

1913 Coniopteris hymenophylloides Halle , pl. 3, 27, lower, 28, 28.

1917 Coniopteris hymenophylloides Arber , text fig. 9.

1989 Coniopteris murrayana (Brogn.) Brogniart, Gee , pl. 1, fig. 9.

Material. Slope Point-03: LX2066.

Description. Fertile secondary pinna, length unknown, at least 80 mm. Tertiary pinnae length up to 41 mm, width 10 mm, arising at an angle of 45–

63°, tapering from base. Pinnules 8–9 mm long, 3–

4 mm wide, arising at an angle of 60–65°, lobes slightly reduced, most bearing a terminal sorus

( Figure 5.1 ). Sorus round, c. 0.8 mm diameter (the same width as the pinnule lobe).

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FIGURE 5. Coniopteris murrayana. 1. Fragment of fertile secondary pinna, LX2066, Slope-03 (scale bar equals 10 mm); 2. Detail of fertile pinnules, LX2066, Slope-03 (scale bar equals 10 mm).