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Palaeoskapha
Genus Palaeoskapha F.M.B. Jacques, S.-X. Guo Acta Phytotax. Sin., 45(4): 578. 2007
- Name
- Palaeoskapha
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Jacques F. M. B.
Guo S.-X.
- Publication
- Palaeoskapha sichuanensis gen. et sp. nov. (Menispermaceae)
from the Eocene Relu Formation in western
Sichuan, West China [2007]
- Journal
- Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 578
- Year
- 2007
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Menispermaceae
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Type
- Palaeoskapha sichuanensis
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp more or less boat-shaped, elliptic in dorsiventral outline,
bisymmetric, with a sharp ventral median ridge; base rounded and apex slightly pointed, the
median ridge disappearing before the base and apex a lateral wing inferred on each side; large
intrusive condyle on ventral face, separated in two parts by the median ridge, with an elliptic
aperture as broad as the condyle, delimited by a sharp edge; surface smooth, without any
spines; length 8.5 mm, width 4.8 mm; condyle length 4.0 mm, width 3.3 mm. Locule cast
bisymmetric, with a smooth ventral median ridge; base rounded and apex pointed; large
intrusive condyle; surface smooth; length 6.0 mm, width 4.0 mm; condyle length 4.0 mm,
width 3.3 mm.
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