Noferinia fusicarpa

Name

Noferinia fusicarpa

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Noferinia

Authors (Pub.)

Lupia R. A. Herendeen P. S. Keller J. A.  

Publication

A new fossil flower and associated coprolites: evidence for angiosperm‐insect interactions in the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Georgia, U.S.A. [2002/7]

Journal

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volume

163

Issue

4

Page number

676

Year

2002

Fossil Status

flowers

Stratigraphy

Santonian

Strat. comment

Buffalo Creek Member of the Gaillard Formation

Location

South pit of Atlanta Sand and Supply Company, Gaillard, Crawford County, Georgia, USA (Knoxville quadrangle; lat. 3237
47N, long. 8359
10W)

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Field Museum, Chicago, USA

Repository Number

PP45197

Num

figs. 1D, 2B

Pub.

A new fossil flower and associated coprolites: evidence for angiosperm‐insect interactions in the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Georgia, U.S.A. [2002/7]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Field Museum, Chicago, USA

Repository Number

PP45194

Num

fig. 1A

Pub.

A new fossil flower and associated coprolites: evidence for angiosperm‐insect interactions in the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Georgia, U.S.A. [2002/7]

Diagnosis

As for the genus with the following additions: flowers ca. 2.0–2.9 mm long ( mm, — Xp2.45 np ) and 0.46–0.61 mm wide ( mm, ); fruits ca. — 2 Xp0.54 np2 4.0–7.9 mm long ( mm, ) and 0.30–1.2 mm — Xp5.6 np30 wide ( mm, ) as mesofossils; fruits up to ca. — Xp0.78 np30 17 mm long and ca. 2.6 mm wide as compressions; pollen homobrochate to heterobrochate, with lumina decreasing in diameter toward colpi forming distinct margines. Equatorial diameter 25–32 mmwide ( mm, ) in polar view — Xp28.5 np27 and 25–30 mm ( mm, ) in equatorial view. — Xp27.5 np20 Polar diameter 24–30 mm ( mm, ).