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Phytocrene punctilinearis
Phytocrene punctilinearis M.E. Collinson, Manchester, V. Wilde Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 570: 30. 29 Jun 2012
- Name
- Phytocrene punctilinearis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Phytocrene
- 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
- 30
- Year
- 2012
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Phytocrene
- 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 2326
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp ellipsoidal, elliptical in face view, rounded basally, rounded to pointed apically, flat without traces of having been heavily compacted suggesting an original narrowly lenticular cross section. Length 19– 48 mm, width 12–30 mm. Surface smooth with 8–10 longitudinal rows of evenly spaced pits visible on exposed surface (suggesting a total of twice as many). Size of pits ranging from 0.5–1.5 mm in diameter. Each surface pit leading to a deep cylindrical invagination. Broken wall reveals that pits of the endocarp do not penetrate into the locule. Endocarp wall about 1.0 mm thick but only 0.3 mm in smaller specimens.
