Taungurungia gen. nov., from the Lower Devonian of Yea, central Victoria, Australia
Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 81 pp. 43-53 (2022)
Abstract
This paper records a new genus Taungurungia, which is the first new taxon with emergences to be described from the Lower Devonian of Victoria. The fossil is preserved primarily as a compression and impression, and lacks internal anatomy. The fossil extends our knowledge of known variations within early land plants, with most characteristics, such as emergences and H- or K-branching, redolent of affinities with the zosterophylls. However, having a large ovate terminal sporangium, the fossil adds to taxa that in some cases have been provisonally allied to the zosterophylls with elongate sporangia; this further demonstrates the need for reassessment of the Zosterophyllopsida.
Citation
McSweeney, F.R., Shimeta, J. and Buckeridge, J.S. 2022. Taungurungia gen. nov., from the Lower Devonian of Yea, central Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 43–53.