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Aachenia knoblochii
Aachenia knoblochii R. Weber Palaeontographica, Abt. B, Paläophytol., 152(1-3): 78. Jun 1975
- Name
- Aachenia knoblochii
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- knoblochi
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Aachenia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Weber R.
- Publication
- Aachenia knoblochi n. sp., an interesting conifer from the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation of northeastern Mexico [1975/6]
- Journal
- Palaeontographica
- Volume
- 152
- Issue
- 1-3
- Page number
- 78
- Year
- 1975
- Fossil Status
- cones (scales)
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Strat. comment
- Olmos Formation
- Location
- Barroteran (Saltillito) Mine Nr. 3, Main shaft, Coahuila, Mexico
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, México, México
- Repository Number
- IGM-PB 410
- Diagnosis
- Aachenia cone scales. Average length 31 mm, maximum length 36.5 mm, average width in the contact zone of proximal part and apophysis 13 mm, maximum width 15 mm. Basal stalk-shaped part up to 4 mm wide near its base, distally widened in a trumpet-like fashion. Apophysis up to 7 mm wide half way between its base and tip. Tip more or less rounded with a fine tooth up to 2 mm long.
