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Afrasita
Genus Afrasita Krassilov, Lewy in Krassilov, Lewy, Nevo Cretac. Res., 25(5): 699. 23 Sep 2004
- Name
- Afrasita
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
- Publication
- Controversial fruit-like remains from the Lower Cretaceous of the Middle East [2004/9]
- Journal
- Cretaceous Research
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 699
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- fructifications
- Type
- Afrasita lejalnicoliae
- Diagnosis
- Seed-bearing structures ellipsoid, consisting of radially arranged scales subtending large seeds. Scales laterally sutured for their whole length, gaping at maturity, thick, crescent-shaped in lateral view, with a coarse network of reticulate subepidermal fibres and with abundant palisade tissue of tracheid-like cells. Seed locules impressed on adjacent scales. Seeds axial, nearly as long as the scales, slightly curved, with a fleshy coat consisting of three envelopes. The inner envelope protrudes as a conical bulge over the orifice of the middle envelope.
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