Spermatites reticulatus

Name

Spermatites reticulatus

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Spermatites

Authors (Pub.)

Kutluk H. Hills L. V.  

Publication

Megaspores from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of south-central Alberta, Canada, with a review of the genera Costatheca and Spermatites [2015/12]

Journal

Palynology

Volume

41

Issue

1

Page number

34 [64]

Year

2015

Fossil Status

seeds

Stratigraphy

Campanian

Location

Borehole 16–80, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Repository Number

Borehole 16-80 Sample No. 16, SEM Stub 6/8

Num

Plate 5, figure 19

Pub.

Megaspores from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of south-central Alberta, Canada, with a review of the genera Costatheca and Spermatites [2015/12]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Repository Number

16-80-20-20/6, Plate 5, figure 20; 16-80-22-20/6, Plate 5, figure 21; 22: 15-80-27-8/9, Plate 5, figure 22; 16-80-18-19/8, Plate 5, figure 23; 15-80-27-25/2, Plate 5, figure 24; 15-80-24-24/6, Plate 5, figure 25; 15-80-32-9/5, Plate 5, figure 26

Num

Plate 5, figure 20, figure 21, figure 22, figure 23, figure 24, figure 25, figure 26

Pub.

Megaspores from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of south-central Alberta, Canada, with a review of the genera Costatheca and Spermatites [2015/12]

Diagnosis

Seed cuticle ‘elliptic’ in shape; wall cells distinct and pronounced, square or rectangular in shape and occasionally elongate perpendicular to the long axis. Wall cells thick, enclosing lumina, compact at chlazal end (apex) and at the base where a short stalk may or may not be present.