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Iodes parva
Iodes parva C. Del Rio, R. Thomas, Franceschi Earth & Environm. Sci. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 2017, 108(4): 4 [462]. 24 Sep 2018
- Name
- Iodes parva
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Iodes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Del Rio C.
Thomas R.
De Franceschi D.
- Publication
- Fruits of Icacinaceae Miers from the Palaeocene of the Paris Basin (Oise, France) [2018/9]
- Journal
- Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2017
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 4 [462]
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Thanetian
- Location
- Rivecourt, Oise, France
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Repository Number
- Riv. PPB 188
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Repository Number
- Riv. PPB 18, Riv. PPB 131, Riv. PPB 139, Riv. PPB 148, Riv. PPB 153, Riv. PPB 158, Riv. PPB 162, Riv. PPB 165, Riv. PPB 189
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp elliptical to globulose with a reticulate pattern of rounded and thin to large ridges, which delimit 11–20 polygonal areoles on each lateral face, with a few or no freely ending ridgelets. Endocarp possesses a symmetrical pair of horn-like protrusions compressed on the keel, positioned eccentrically and subapically. Endocarp wall 0.16–0.26 mm thick and 0.4–0.56 mm thick with ridges. Inner endocarp surface densely covered with regularly spaced and sessile, rounded papillae. Length of endocarp: 4.38–6.05 mm; width
of endocarp: 3.49–5.19 mm.
