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Catula

Genus Catula Maccracken, I.M. Mill., K.R. Johnson, Sertich, Labandeira PloS One, 17(1e0261397): 10. 21 Jan 2022
Name
Catula
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Maccracken S. A. Miller I. M. Johnson K. R. Sertich J. M. Labandeira C. C.  
Publication
Insect herbivory on Catula gettyi gen. et sp. nov. (Lauraceae) from the Kaiparowits Formation (Late Cretaceous, Utah, USA) [2022/1]
Journal
PLoS One
Volume
17
Issue
1e0261397
Page number
10
Year
2022
Parent Taxon
[Family] Lauraceae
Fossil Status
leaves
Type
Catula gettyi
Diagnosis
Leaves simple; when attached, distichous, exhibiting opposite or slightly subopposite arrangement and axillary buds. Lamina nearly always slightly asymmetrical in the apex, middle, and base of the leaf. Leaf margin entire and unlobed. A fimbrial vein observable in well-prserved specimens. Leaf apex typically acute and often exhibiting a mucronate termination. Leaf base typically acute and markedly decurrent, with laminar tissue extending down the petiole. Primary venation pinnate. Secondary venation simple brochidodromous; associated with simple agrophic veins. Secondary veins basally crowded to form 1 or 2 pairs of acute basal secondary veins. Tertiary venation opposite percurrent. Exterior tertiary veins and ultimate observable venation looped. Higher order venation relatively disorganized and the leaf rank is 2r. Quaternary vein fabric regular to irregular reticulate and quinternary vein fabric irregular reticulate.
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