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Orontium mackii
Orontium mackii Bogner, K.R. Johnson, Z. Kvaček, Upchurch Zitteliana, Ser. A, (47): 138. 31 Dec 2007
- Name
- Orontium mackii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Orontium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bogner J.
Johnson K. R.
Kvaček Z.
Upchurch G. R., Jr.
- Publication
- New fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of western North America [2007/12]
- Journal
- Zitteliana
- Issue
- 47
- Page number
- 138
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Strat. comment
- McRae Formation, Jose Creek Member
- Location
- south-central New Mexico, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
- Repository Number
- TXSTATE 1001
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
- Repository Number
- TXSTATE 1002, 1003, 1005, 1006, 1029 A, B
- Diagnosis
- Leaves oblong-elliptic, entire-margined, venation
parallel-pinnate, with inconspicuous midrib, primaries arising
near the leaf base, secondary laterals indistinctly differentiated
in thickness, parallel with primaries, only primary cross
veins developed, widely spaced, curved to sinuous, at highly
variable angles, areolation dense, very narrow and elongate.
