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Muscites gracilis
Muscites gracilis C. Mays, Cantrill in C. Mays, Tosol., Cantrill, Stilwell Gondwana Res., 2015, 27(3): [6]. 18 Apr 2014
- Name
- Muscites gracilis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Muscites
- Authors (Name)
- Mays C.
Cantrill D. J.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mays C.
Tosolini A.-M. P.
Cantrill D. J.
Stilwell J. D.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) macroflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Bryophytes, lycophytes and pteridophytes [2014/4]
- Journal
- Gondwana Research
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2015
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- [6]
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- Tupuangi Formation
- Location
- Waihere Bay, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository Number
- part (PL1027) and counterpart (PL1028)
- Diagnosis
- Axes furcate into three–five branches; leaves decurrent, linear to lanceolate with involute margins and prominent costae