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Sparganium parvum
Sparganium parvum L.J. Hickey Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 150: 113. 19 Jul 1977
- Name
- Sparganium parvum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sparganium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hickey L. J.
- Publication
- Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of Western North Dakota [1977/7]
- Journal
- Memoirs of the Geological Society of America
- Volume
- 150
- Page number
- 113
- Year
- 1977
- Fossil Status
- infructescences
- Stratigraphy
- Paleocene
- Strat. comment
- Golden Valley Formation
- Location
- Bear Den Member, North Dakota, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USN P 43723
- Diagnosis
- Axis bearing six lateral sessile heads. Heads 5 to 7 mm in diameter, made
up of imbricate, radiating bracts or achenes. These structures are 2.5 to 4 mm in length, wedge-shaped, longitudinally striate and irregularly truncate.
