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Dipelta bovayensis
Dipelta bovayensis Jane Blanch., H.-S. Wang, Dilcher Palaeont. Electr., 19(3.51A): 27. Dec 2016
- Name
- Dipelta bovayensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Dipelta
- Authors (Pub.)
- Blanchard J.
Wang H.-S.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits
(early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group),
northern Mississippi, USA [2016/12]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Electronica
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3.51A
- Page number
- 27
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Tallahatta Formation
- Location
- Bovay clay pit, Mississippi, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF15737-049026
- Diagnosis
- Fruit with two accrescent, membranous,
wing-like bracts. Bract very wide ovate, margin
entire, base auriculate, apex obtuse, with
length/width ratio 1. Primary veins actinodromous,
slightly converging toward the apex; medial primary
vein extending directly toward the apex; lateral
primary veins and branches from medial
primary vein dichotomizing and joining adjacent
branches to form reticulate meshes that become
successively smaller toward the margin. Pedicel
thin.
