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Cavilignum
Genus Cavilignum C. Siegert, Hermsen Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 275(104174): 4. 27 Jan 2020
- Name
- Cavilignum
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Siegert C.
Hermsen E. J.
- Publication
- Cavilignum pratchettii gen. et sp. nov., a novel type of fossil endocarp with open locules from the Neogene Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA [2020/1]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 275
- Issue
- 104174
- Page number
- 4
- Year
- 2020
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Type
- Cavilignum pratchettii
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp lignitic, circular to oblong in lateral view, apex truncate, base mucronate, outer surface smooth. Locules three to four, divided by septa oriented perpendicularly to one another; locules open at the endocarp apex and closed at the base. Two small, unbranched canals traversing the full length of the endocarp; canals open apically on the longer septumto either side of the intersection between the septa; canals open basally to either side of the basal mucro. Endocarp wall with an outer layer of unknown composition and two inner fibrous layers; outer layer of fibers radially oriented and inner layer of fibers circumferentially oriented.
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