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Canrightia elongata
Canrightia elongata Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 179. 25 Nov 2019
- Name
- Canrightia elongata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Canrightia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Torres Vedras (NE of Forte da Forca), Portugal: a palaeofloristic analysis of an early angiosperm community [2019/11]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 179
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Barremian
- Strat. comment
- Lower member of the Almargem Formation
- Location
- Torres Vedras, NE of Forte de Forca, Portugal (39°06′13″ N, 9°14′47″ W).
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- S174100
- Diagnosis
- Fruit elongate, obovoid
with a short, conical hypanthium. Stigmatic area sessile,
indistinct. Ovules pendant, orthotropous to semiorthotropous,
bitegmic, endotestal-endotegmic; testa comprising two cell layers; exotesta thin; endotesta with
cubic to palisade-shaped crystal cells and fibrous infillings;
tegmen three cell layers thick; exotegmen of elongated
fibrous cells, mesotegmen with cubic thin-walled cells and
endotegmen with large, palisade-shaped cells that form an
endothelium; endotegmen cells with infilling of tannin.
Fruit a sessile berry with three seeds. Fruit wall with densely
spaced cavities from presumed oil cells.
