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Palaeophytocrene chicoensis
Palaeophytocrene chicoensis B. Atk. Nature Plants, 2022, (10.1038/s41477-022-01275-y): [1]. 14 Nov 2022
- Name
- Palaeophytocrene chicoensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Palaeophytocrene
- Authors (Pub.)
- Atkinson B. A.
- Publication
- Icacinaceae fossil provides evidence for a Cretaceous origin of the lamiids [2022/11]
- Journal
- Nature Plants
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2022
- Issue
- 10.1038/s41477-022-01275-y
- Page number
- [1]
- Year
- 2022
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Chico Formation
- Location
- Granite Bay, eastern side of Sacramento Valley, Placer County, California, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Sierra College Museum of Natural History, Rocklin, USA
- Repository Number
- T 32
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp ovoid to nearly circular in lateral view, unilocular, at least 13.4mm long, 13.2mm wide. External surface with ridge-lined pits associated with conical to dome-shaped tubercles, seven pits/tubercles high, six pits/tubercles wide. Pits 0.7–1.5mm wide, not distributed in linear rows. Tubercles 0.6–1.0mm in diameter at the base, project-ing ca. 0.8mm into locule. Papillae are distributed along the internal surface of the endocarp.
