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Loranthus marchiacus

Loranthus marchiacus Mai Palaeontographica, Abt. B, Paläophytol., 269(1–6): 75, 87. Dec 2004
Name
Loranthus marchiacus
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Loranthus
Authors (Pub.)
Mai D. H.  
Publication
Die miozänen und pliozänen Floren aus Nordostbrandenburg und Südwestmecklenburg [2004/12]
Journal
Palaeontographica
Volume
269
Issue
1–6
Page number
75, 87
Year
2004
Fossil Status
fruits
Stratigraphy
Aquitanian
Strat. comment
Spremberg Formation
Location
Mittenwalde borehole 2/64, Mark Brandenburg, Germany
Paleoregion
Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
Repository Number
1993/1967
Diagnosis
False berry (bacca) big, globular to pear-shaped, 4-7 mm in the diameter, with a tough, leathery and wrinkled cover, apically supporting a deformed remain of the perianth, the base always somewhat cracked. Epidermis with small, multiangular to round cells with somewhat curved or vaulted, thickened lateral walls, the order of the cells irregular. Layer of viscine preserved partially as a yellowish fine-grained mass.

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