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Grebenkia europaea
Grebenkia europaea A.B. Herman, J. Kvaček Late Cret. Grünbach Fl. Austria ed. 2010 75. 22 Dec 2009
- Name
- Grebenkia europaea
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Grebenkia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Herman A. B.
Kvaček J.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous Grünbach flora of Austria [2009/12]
- Authors (Book)
- Herman A. B.
Kvaček J.
- Book
- Late Cretaceous Grünbach flora of Austria
- Edition
- 2010
- Page number
- 75
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Grünbach Formation
- Location
- Grünbach am Schneeberg, Austria
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Geologisch-Paläontologische Abteilung, Vienna, Austria
- Repository Number
- NHMW 1999B0057/0277
- Diagnosis
- Leaves small, simple, unlobed, oblong-elliptic,
symmetric or slightly asymmetric, with dentate
margin. Leaf base narrow or broadly cuneate, apex
acute. Leaf margin dentate, marginal teeth small, simple,
triangular, curving upwards, with acute apices,
intervening sinuses round. Occasionally 1-3 smaller
teeth are present between two larger teeth. Venation
pinnate craspedodromous. Midvein straight, terminating
at leaf apex, secondary veins numerous, up
to 20 pairs emerging from the midvein, forking up
to three times, all branches terminating in marginal
teeth. Tertiary veins thin, straight or slightly curved,
percurrent or ramified-percurrent.
