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Kachaikenia
Genus Kachaikenia Cúneo, Gandolfo Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 136(1-2): 33. 1 Sep 2005
- Name
- Kachaikenia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Cúneo N. R.
Gandolfo M. A.
- Publication
- Angiosperm leaves from the Kachaike Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina [2005/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 136
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 33
- Year
- 2005
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Kachaikenia compuesta
- Diagnosis
- Pinnately compound leaf with alternate pairs of ovate leaflets. Leaflets with asymmetrical acute bases and apexes. Margin entire and unlobed.
First vein pinnate; secondary veins craspedodromous with straight course. Intersecondary veins weak. Third veins (highest order) random reticulate. Polygonal areoles well-developed. Fimbrial ultimate marginal venation.
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