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Trapa haominiae
Trapa haominiae X.-T. Wu, G. Shi in X.-T. Wu, Z.-X. Wang, J.-W. Shu, S.-X. Yin, L.-M. Mao, G. Shi Palaeoworld, 32(4): 619. 5 Mar 2023
- Name
- Trapa haominiae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Trapa
- Authors (Name)
- Wu X.-T.
Shi G.-L.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wu X.-T.
Wang Z.-X.
Shu J.-W.
Yin S.-X.
Mao L.-M.
Shi G.-L.
- Publication
- A new Trapa from the Middle Miocene of Zhangpu, Fujian, southeastern China [2023/3]
- Journal
- Palaeoworld
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 619
- Year
- 2023
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Langhian
- Strat. comment
- Fotan Group
- Location
- Hekeng (2412031.1200N, 11751036.4500E) and Lindai village (241202700N, 1175302400E), Zhangpu County, Fujian Province, southeastern P.R. China
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (China)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB201182
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB201183 (Fig. 2D); PB201184 (Fig. 2E); PB201185 (Fig. 2G); PB201186 (Fig. 2H); PB201187 (Fig. 2J); PB201188 (Fig. 2K)
- Diagnosis
- Fruits of medium size, obtriangular in outline, with four horns inserted almost at the same level of the apex of fruit body. Fruit stalk absent, crown rounded. Surface of fruit body finely ribbed without distinct tubercle. Four horns similar in form and size, narrowly triangular in outline with a spiny, harpoon-like apex bearing retrorsely barbed spines. Horns expanding nearly horizontally or pointing slightly upward.
