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Sterculiaephyllum australe
Sterculiaephyllum australe Dutra in Dutra, Batten Cretac. Res., 21(2-3): 194. Apr 2000
- Name
- Sterculiaephyllum australe
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- australis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sterculiaephyllum
- Authors (Name)
- Dutra T. L.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Dutra T. L.
Batten D. J.
- Publication
- Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications [2000/4]
- Journal
- Cretaceous Research
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2-3
- Page number
- 194
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Upper Cretaceous
- Strat. comment
- Zamek Formation, Baranowski Glacier Group
- Location
- Northeast side of Zamek Hill, south of
Ecology Glacier, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, Antarctic Section, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil
- Repository Number
- ANTF22-012
- Diagnosis
- Pentalobaphyll morphotype; main venation
pinnate except at base; secondary veins sometimes
form brochidodromous loops, but otherwise extend
directly to margin. Higher order venation variable and
poorly organized, sometimes forming percurrent
orthogonal patterns.
