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Icacinicarya densipunctata
Icacinicarya densipunctata M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 31. 29 Jun 2012
- Name
- Icacinicarya densipunctata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Icacinicarya
- 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
- 31
- Year
- 2012
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Icacinicarya
- 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 23388
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp large, wide-elliptical to nearly circular in face view, lenticular in transverse view, 27– 35 mm high, 27–28 mm wide, and 8 mm thick, lenticular in cross section. Small apical protrusion may represent a funicle. Endocarp not greatly compacted and very robust, indicating a strong woody endocarp tissue. Internal structure and wall anatomy not observed. Surface covered with fine closely spaced, randomly arranged pits of variable size, all less than 500 μm in diameter.
