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Symplocos rothwellii
Symplocos rothwellii Huegele, Manchester Int. J. Pl. Sci., 180(7): 695. 29 Jul 2019
- Name
- Symplocos rothwellii
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- rothwelii
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Symplocos
- Authors (Pub.)
- Huegele I. B.
Manchester S. R.
- Publication
- Newly recognized diversity of fruits and seeds from the Late Paleogene Flora of Trinity County, East Texas, USA [2019/7]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 180
- Issue
- 7
- Page number
- 695
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Rupelian
- Strat. comment
- Whitsett Formation
- Location
- Trinity, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 722016
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 722021
- Diagnosis
- Endocarps obovoid to ellipsoid, 4–7.5mmlong,
1.8–3 mm wide, sometimes thickened toward base and occasionally
bent near base or apex. Apical pit shallow, rounded,
nearly as wide as full diameter of endocarp, with a single pore,
ca. 1 mm wide. Some specimens substantially bent with a blunt
base (fig. 8C; possibly the result of an abortive seed); others
straight. Base usually tapers to a minor point (fig. 8D). Stones
possess ca. 14 or 15 faint, even, rounded, longitudinal ridges
ca. 0.3 mm wide. Basal pit ca. 0.5 mm in diameter. Stone wall
ca. 0.3 mm thick.
