Weichselia reticulata (Fontaine 1883) Stokes & Webb, 1924
IRSNB b 0229; Barremian, Cretaceous; Bernissart, Hainaut Province, Belgium
IRSNB b 0229
IG: - Reg: -
Age: Barremian (Wealdien)
Locality: Bernissart, Charbonnage de Bernissart, Siège n°1 (Négresse)
Description:
Publication:
Fontaine W.M. (1883) Contributions to the knowledge of the older Mesozoic flora of Virginia. US Geol Surv Monogr. 6 : 1-144 p.
Stokes C. & Webb P.B. (1924) Description of some fossil vegetables of the Tilgate Forest in Sussex. Trans. Geol. Soc., 1 (2) : 423 p.
Blanco-Moreno C., Decombeix & Prestianni C., 20xx, New insights on the affinities, autoecology, and habit of the Mesozoic fern Weichselia reticulata based on the revision of stems from Bernissart (Mons Basin, Belgium). Papers in Palaeontology.
Fig. 1 - Transverse section of a small portion of the stem m1-5, successive meristele rings
x 14 ; slide n°11 ; pf = peripheral fibrous tissue ; sc = secretory canal ; lsc = a large secretory canal protruding into the outermost ring of meristeles ; is = inner sheath tissue ; os = outer sheath tissue ; cp = compressed ground parenchyma between the inner meristeles
