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The arborescent Linopteris obliqua plant (Medullosales, Pennsylvanian)

2007· article· en· W4251792371 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueBulletin of Geosciences · 2007
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences
TopicBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
Canadian institutionsSydney Steel (Canada)
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPennsylvanianGeologyPaleontologyStructural basin

Abstract

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The foliar morphospecies Linopteris obliqua (Bunbury) Zeiller, 1899 was originally based on isolated pinnules from Middle Pennsylvanian (upper Westphalian) strata in the Sydney Coalfield in Nova Scotia, Canada. However, new finds from the type area, including segments of a cauline axis and some fronds, attached juvenile croziers, an attached ovule, and associated pre-pollen organ, allow for a more complete understanding of the whole Linopteris obliqua plant. It was arborescent, 9 m to 10 m tall, with fronds ca 7 m long. Ovules of the Hexagonocarpus-type were attached directly to the petiole near the base of the frond, and pre-pollen was produced by Potoniea-type structures. The plant produced seeds and pollen at different times to avoid self-pollination. Ovule production was periodic and accompanied by mass pinnule abscission. The venation, especially the areolate-vein geometry, is relatively invariable within the plant species, and thus provides the typus (blueprint) for distinguishing other linopterid species, especially when combined with two-dimensional probability surfaces, and traditional pinnule morphology. However, the venation must be viewed on the abaxial surface of the pinnules if it is to be reliably interpreted. The mode of vein reticulation is shown to be quite distinct from the anastomosis-pattern seen in the other medullosalean taxa, and is another character that separates the Potonieaceae from the rest of the order.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.415
Threshold uncertainty score0.583

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.210
Teacher spread0.192 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it