I.—Plant Cuticles from the Coal-Measures of Britain
I.—Plant Cuticles from the Coal-Measures of Britain
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DOI：
10.1017/s0016756800152987
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发表时间：
1914-09
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
L. Wills
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作者：
L. Wills
与最近发表的有关中生代植物角质层特征的信息相比，我们对煤系植物角质层结构的了解非常贫乏。据我所知，目前还没有关于英国巴拉生代植物角质层的详细描述。Zeiller1教授描述了一些法国石炭纪植物的角质层，Huth2博士最近描述了Mariopteris Muricata的角质层，但到目前为止，在这一分支的研究中尝试的很少。本初步报告涉及L.J.Wills先生从中部煤田--切克附近的登比郡煤田的措施和从老山沼泽(Etruria Marls？)获得的材料。在上煤区--南部斯塔福德郡的措施。角质层在粘质页岩中以棕色薄膜的形式保存，在成分上接近耐火粘土，在碳质或砂质页岩中尚未发现。希望这份笔记将激励收藏家在这种保存状态下寻找更多的标本。
Our knowledge of the structure of the cuticle of Coal-measure plants is very meagre in comparison with the amount of information recently published as to the cuticular characters of Mesozoic genera. So far as I know, no detailed descriptions have been published of the cuticles of British Palæozoic plants. Professor Zeiller1 has described a few cuticles of French Carboniferous plants, and Dr. Huth2 recently gave an account of the cuticle of Mariopteris muricata, but very little has so far been attempted in this branch of research. The present preliminary account deals with material obtained by Mr. L. J. Wills from the Middle Coal-measures of the Denbighshire Coal-field near Chirk and from the Old Hill Marls (Etruria Marls ?) in the Upper Coal-measures of South Staffordshire. The cuticles are preserved as brown films in clayey shales, approaching fireclays in composition, none having yet been found in carbonaceous or sandy shales. It is hoped that this note will incite collectors to search for further specimens in this state of preservation.