A new genus of male cones of voltzialean affinity, Uralostrobus voltzioides nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Lower Permian of the Urals (Russia)

A new genus and Species of male cones of coniferophyte from the Lower Permian (Artinskian and Kungurian) deposits of the Urals, Russia is described: Uralostrobus voltzioides Naugolnykh nov. gen., nov. sp. The cone shows characters typical of some representatives of conifers belonging to the order Voltziales: more or less isometrical bracts of rhombic shape, prolonged sporangia with attenuate apices, and bisaccate pollen of Illinites-type. General information on the associated female seed scales and vegetative leafy shoots is given as well. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.