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Icacinicarya densipunctata

Icacinicarya densipunctata M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 31. 29 Jun 2012
Name
Icacinicarya densipunctata
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Icacinicarya
Authors (Pub.)
Collinson M. E. Manchester S. R. Wilde V.  
Publication
Fossil fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany [2012/6]
Journal
Abhandlungen [herausgegeben von] der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft
Volume
570
Page number
31
Year
2012
Parent Taxon
[Genus] Icacinicarya
Fossil Status
fruits (endocarps)
Stratigraphy
Lutetian
Location
Messel, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse, Germany
Paleoregion
Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Frankfurt, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Repository Number
SM.B Me 23388
Diagnosis
Endocarp large, wide-elliptical to nearly circular in face view, lenticular in transverse view, 27– 35 mm high, 27–28 mm wide, and 8 mm thick, lenticular in cross section. Small apical protrusion may represent a funicle. Endocarp not greatly compacted and very robust, indicating a strong woody endocarp tissue. Internal structure and wall anatomy not observed. Surface covered with fine closely spaced, randomly arranged pits of variable size, all less than 500 μm in diameter.

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