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Berchemia mellerae
Berchemia mellerae M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 47. 29 Jun 2012
- Name
- Berchemia mellerae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Berchemia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Collinson M. E.
Manchester S. R.
Wilde V.
- Publication
- Fossil fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany [2012/6]
- Journal
- Abhandlungen [herausgegeben von] der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft
- Volume
- 570
- Page number
- 47
- Year
- 2012
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Berchemia
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Lutetian
- Location
- Messel, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse, Germany
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Frankfurt, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Repository Number
- SM.B Me 4184
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp spathulate in face view, length: 7.8–11.0 (average 9.7) mm, width 5.8–7.2 (average 6.5) mm (n = 5), thickness in the plane of compression 1.2 mm, rounded apically, sharply truncate basally, smoothly rounded lateral margins. Truncated end with a pair of very shallow to indistinct concavities separated by a median ridge. Surface smooth, with a broad median ridge which is continuous, with a distinct narrow median groove running right around the entire specimens. One specimen retains a portion of apparent outer softer tissue 1.5 mm thick at the base and left side.
