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Quinquala obovata
Quinquala obovata Manchester, Disney in Manchester, Disney, K.K. Pham Foss. Impr., 76(2): 213. 30 Dec 2020
- Name
- Quinquala obovata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Quinquala
- Authors (Name)
- Manchester S. R.
Disney K. A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
Disney K. A.
Pham K. K.
- Publication
- Winged fruits of rutaceous affinity from the Eocene of western North America [2020/12]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 213
- Year
- 2020
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Tepee Trail Formation
- Location
- Kisinger Lakes, northwestern Wyoming, USA (UF 19376: N 43° 42.056′, W 109° 52.918′)
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 19376-60038
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 19376-60023a (Text-fig. 2b), UF
19374-60339 (Text-fig. 2c), UF 19376-60050 (Text-fig. 2d),
UF 19374-61756 (Text-fig. 2e), UF 19376-60067 (Textfig.
2f, p), UF 19376-60069 (Text-figs 2i, 3e), UF 19376-
60072 (Text-fig. 2j), UF 19376-60062 (Text-figs 2l, 3f),
UF 19374-60403 (Text-fig. 2m), UF 19376-60023b (Textfig.
3a), UF 19376-60023c (Text-fig. 3b), UF 262-17690 (Text-fig. 3c, g), UF 229-53091 (Text-fig. 3d)
- Num
- Text-figs 2, 3a–g, i, j, 4
- Diagnosis
- Fruits single, obovate, 1.1–1.7 times
longer than wide. Fruit apex rounded, without a stylar
protrusion. Base cuneate and rounded, margins entire.
Locular area oblanceolate. Five thick longitudinal wings,
veins obscure. Wing and fruit body dotted with circular
glands. Fruit borne on pedicel with prominent perianth scar
at the junction of pedicel and fruit base. Narrow disk scar
located immediately below the perianth scar.
