Paleoochna tiffneyi

Name

Paleoochna tiffneyi

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Paleoochna

Authors (Pub.)

Ickert-Bond S. Pigg K. B. DeVore M. L.  

Publication

Paleoochna tiffneyi gen. et sp. nov. (Ochnaceae) from the Late Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek Flora, North Dakota, USA [2015/10]

Journal

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volume

176

Issue

9

Page number

[5] [000]

Year

2015

Fossil Status

fruits

Stratigraphy

Paleocene

Location

Almont, North Dakota, USA

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Field Museum, Chicago, USA

Repository Number

PP 34480, PP 344800

Num

fig. 1A, 1C, 1L

Pub.

Paleoochna tiffneyi gen. et sp. nov. (Ochnaceae) from the Late Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek Flora, North Dakota, USA [2015/10]

Diagnosis

Fruits 5 mm high x 8 mmacross, drupelets 4–7 mm long x 3–4 mm wide, with walls 0.2–0.4 mm. Fruit wall 3 zoned with an outer palisade layer 1–2 cells thick, a central zone of isodiametric cells 4–6 cells thick, and an inner, uniseriate layer of tabular cells.