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Chaneya hainanensis
Chaneya hainanensis X.-X. Feng, J.-H. Jin Sci. China Earth Sci., 55(5): 730. 23 Mar 2012
- Name
- Chaneya hainanensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Chaneya
- Authors (Pub.)
- Feng X.-X.
Jin J.-H.
- Publication
- First record of extinct fruit genus Chaneya in low-latitude tropic of South China [2012/3]
- Journal
- Science China Earth Sciences
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 730
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Changchang Formation
- Location
- Changchang Basin, Hainan Island, South
China
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (China)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Biology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Repository Number
- Fruit part specimen (CCF-018a) & Fruit counterpart specimen (CCF-018b)
(Figure 2(b)) - incorrectly designated as a 'paratype'
- Diagnosis
- Persistent corolla pentamerous, actinomorphic.
Petals entirely margined, obovate; the bases widely
cuneate, adnate; the apices rounded. Petal venation consisting
of three primary longitudinal subparallel veins,
craspedodromous to camptodromous. Central disk circular,
bearing two orbicular ovaries or fruit bodies.
