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Leguminocarpon herendeenii
Leguminocarpon herendeenii M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 34. 29 Jun 2012
- Name
- Leguminocarpon herendeenii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Collinson M. E.
Manchester S. R.
Wilde V.
- Publication
- Fossil fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany [2012/6]
- Journal
- Abhandlungen [herausgegeben von] der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft
- Volume
- 570
- Page number
- 34
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Lutetian
- Location
- Messel, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse, Germany
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Frankfurt, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Repository Number
- SM.B Me 20422
- Diagnosis
- Fruit stipitate, 1–2-seeded specimens, 14 mm long and 13.5 mm wide; multi-seeded specimen 19.5 mm long and 10.5 mm wide (excluding stipe); pedicel 3.7 mm, stipe up to 4.2 mm long. Calyx persistent with at least three lobes visible, Fruits relatively thick, asymmetrical, subcircular in single-seeded to oblong in multiple-seeded specimens, bounded by veins on both sides. Margins thickened around the periphery, one with a groove. Apical protrusion different in prominence (mucronate in single seeded specimen to broadly conical in multiple-seeded specimen). Surface of fruit transversely rugulate to irregularly verrucate. Venation not visible. Seed size, shape, and outline unknown. Valve displacement suggests dehiscent.
