Geocalyx heinrichsii

Name

Geocalyx heinrichsii

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Geocalyx

Authors (Pub.)

Katagiri T.  

Publication

Geocalyx heinrichsii sp. nov., the first representative of Geocalycaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) in Baltic amber [2018/12]

Journal

Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution

Volume

40

Issue

2

Page number

113

Year

2018

Fossil Status

leafy twigs

Stratigraphy

Priabonian

Strat. comment

in amber

Location

Baltic shores [locality not provided], Kaliningrad region, Russian Federation

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Europe)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Hattori Botanical Laboratory (NICH), Nichinan, Japan

Repository Number

NICH-492966

Num

1A–C & Fig.1 1D–E

Pub.

Geocalyx heinrichsii sp. nov., the first representative of Geocalycaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) in Baltic amber [2018/12]

Diagnosis

Species of Geocalyx distinctive in its possession of (1) small sized shoots less than 1 mm wide including leaves, (2) bifid underleaves, not connate with leaf bases, (3) presence of gemmiferous ascending microphyllous shoot, and (4) 1–2-celled spherical to ellipsoidal gemmae.