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Podopterus antiquus
Podopterus antiquus Manchester, E. O’Leary Bot. Rev. (Lancaster), 76(1): 72. Mar 2010
- Name
- Podopterus antiquus
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- antiqua
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Podopterus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
O’Leary E. L.
- Publication
- Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits [2010/3]
- Journal
- Botanical Review
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 72
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Paleocene
- Location
- Almont, North Dakota, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Field Museum, Chicago, USA
- Repository Number
- FMNH-PP45598
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, USA
- Repository Number
- YPM 54383
- Diagnosis
- Fruits obovate with emarginate apex and cuneate base, 13–18 mm
high, 8–10.5 mm wide, with three wings. The fruit body is an elliptical, singleseeded
endocarp 2.5–3.3 mm wide to 3–4 mm high, subtriangular in cross
section. The pedicel is narrow (ca 0.2 mm) and joins the base of the fruit
without articulation. Wings chartaceous, with a dense anastomosing network of
fine venation. Fimbrial vein lacking. A funnel-like fold of wing tissue
representing part of the perianth occurs at the apex with three or more
protruding filaments and or style remnants.
