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First record of the Devonian lycophyte Leclercqia from South America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Christopher M. Berry
Christopher M. Berry
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 914, Cardiff CF1 3YE, Wales, UK
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Abstract

A single leafy stem from the Middle or lowermost Upper Devonian Campo Chico Formation, Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela, is the first record of the important Devonian herbaceous lycophyte Leclercqia from South America, usually considered as part of western Gondwana. The seemingly cosmopolitan distribution of this genus is discussed in relation to coeval assemblages and palaeo-continental reconstructions.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 131 , Issue 2 , March 1994 , pp. 269 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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