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Chloranthistemon crossmanensis
Chloranthistemon crossmanensis Herendeen, Crepet, Nixon Amer. J. Bot., 80(8): 868. 16 Aug 1993
- Name
- Chloranthistemon crossmanensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Chloranthistemon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Herendeen P. S.
Crepet W. L.
Nixon K. C.
- Publication
- Chloranthus-like stamens from the upper Cretaceous of New Jersey [1993/8]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 868
- Year
- 1993
- Fossil Status
- flowers (stamens)
- Stratigraphy
- Turonian
- Strat. comment
- South Amboy Fire Clay, Raritan Formation
- Location
- Old Crossman Clay Pit, Sayreville, New Jersey, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- L. H. Bailey Hortorium Paleobotanical Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- Repository Number
- CUPC 1006
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- L. H. Bailey Hortorium Paleobotanical Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- Repository Number
- CUPC 1003, 1004, 1007
- Diagnosis
- Stamen three-lobed, bearing four apparently bisporangiate thecae-two on the central lobe and one on each lateral lobe; thecae of central lobe attached
at the base of the free portion of the lobe, theca of each lateral lobe centered at the point of fusion of the three lobes; sterile apex oflobes same length as thecae or longer, acute; pollen apertures elongate/elliptical.
