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Martinmuellera tuberculata
Martinmuellera tuberculata M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 40. 29 Jun 2012
- Name
- Martinmuellera tuberculata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Martinmuellera
- 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
- 40
- Year
- 2012
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Martinmuellera
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- 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 8555
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp bisymmetric, dorsiventral length 5–7 mm, width 5.7–6 mm (n = 2), laterally flattened, more or less circular in lateral view but slightly asymmetrical, with broad rounded dorsal surface, dorsal crest (“keel”) absent. Base of endocarp obliquely truncate. Central condylar depression on each lateral surface more or less subcircular, smooth, and nearly flat. No obvious foramen in the central area but a slit extends from the base to the centre and slightly displaced to the longer limb of the endocarp. Central area surrounded by a very narrow C-shaped lateral crest. Lateral margins beyond the lateral crest densely ornamented by discrete, closely spaced, irregular to conical tubercles, sometimes irregularly arranged, or arranged in rows. There are about five tubercles across the radius and 26–28 around the circumference. Tubercles are 0.2–0.5 mm broad.
