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Cecilanthus polymerus
Cecilanthus polymerus Herendeen, J.A. Doyle, P.K. Endress, Mas. Takah. Bot. (Canada), 94(9): 789. 15 Sep 2016
- Name
- Cecilanthus polymerus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Cecilanthus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Herendeen P. S.
Doyle J. A.
Endress P. K.
Takahashi M.
- Publication
- Cecilanthus polymerus, a novel multiparted flower from the mid-Cretaceous Rocky Point locality, Maryland [2016/9]
- Journal
- Botany
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 9
- Page number
- 789
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- flowers (bisexual)
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Location
- Rocky Point locality, north of Rocky Point on the Elk Neck Peninsula, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Field Museum, Chicago, USA
- Repository Number
- PP55896
- Diagnosis
- Preanthetic flower 3.2 mm tall, 2.3 mm in maximum width; pedicel 1 mm wide at base, 1.6 mm wide below tepals.