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Bonanzacarpum sprungerorum
Bonanzacarpum sprungerorum Manchester, T.A. Lott Foss. Impr., 75(2): 283. 30 Dec 2019
- Name
- Bonanzacarpum sprungerorum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Bonanzacarpum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
Lott T. A.
- Publication
- Bonanzacarpum sprungerorum sp. nov. – a bizarre fruit from the Eocene Green River Formation in Utah, USA [2019/12]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 283
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Parachute Creek Member
- Location
- Vicinity of Bonanza, Utah, USA (UF locality 18054: 39°53′40.76″ N, 109°8′42.31″ W).
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 18054-55045
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 15753-78205, UF 18054-22886, 55045, 55055 / UCMP PB02016-201239, UCMP PB02016-201240 - University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, California (UCMP)
- Diagnosis
- Fruit a tabular, button-shaped circumscissile
capsule, rounded-polygonal in transverse section
with 4 to 6 equal to unequal sides. Capsule unilocular,
circumscissile with an apical operculum closely fitting like
a stopper. Lateral walls smooth, straight. Basal surface of
locule with 7–11 smooth, obpyriform, slightly raised areas
radiating from a central point. Obpyriform areas pointed
proximally, with somewhat convex lateral margins and
round distal margins. Obpyriform areas with corresponding
cycle of smaller indentations on the basal external surface.
