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Hypnites arkansanus
Hypnites arkansanus Wittlake Amer. Midl. Naturalist, 80(2): 546. Oct 1968
- Name
- Hypnites arkansanus
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- arkansana
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Hypnites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wittlake E. B.
- Publication
- Fossil mosses from the Upper Wilcox (Lower Eocene) of Arkansas [1968/10]
- Journal
- American Midland Naturalist
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 546
- Year
- 1968
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Upper Wilcox
- Location
- on the summit of a high hill overlooking the Cache River bottoms, about 1.5 mi E of the town of Hooker, northern part of Crowley's Ridge, Greene County, Arkansas, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro, USA
- Repository Number
- H670445B
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro, USA
- Repository Number
- H670474B, H670481B, H670471B
- Diagnosis
- Habit spreading or creeping and regularly branched. Leaves ovatelanceolate
in outline, costa strong and extending into the apex of the leaf.
Leaves 1.2 to 1.5 mm long, spirally arranged, costa persistent on older portions
of the gametophore. Leaves crowded and imbricate on young branches
especially in the apical portions, capsules absent.
