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Menispermites cuspidentatus
Menispermites cuspidentatus Krassilov in Krassilov, Lewy, Nevo, Silant. Late Cret. (Turon.) Fl. S. Negev, Israel 86. Apr 2005
- Name
- Menispermites cuspidentatus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Menispermites
- Authors (Name)
- Krassilov V. A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel [2005/4]
- Authors (Book)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Book
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel
- Page number
- 86
- Year
- 2005
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Turonian
- Strat. comment
- Upper Shale Member of Ora Formation
- Location
- Gerofit locality at the mouth of Gerofit Valley 60 km north of Eilat, southern Israel
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Middle East)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- University of Haifa, Institute of Evolution, Haifa, Israel
- Repository Number
- IG1-403
(counterpart IG1-1)
- Diagnosis
- Leaves large subpeltate with the long flexible petiole. Leaf-blade broadly cordate or subcordate, margin undulate or incipiently lobate
with prominent cuspidate teeth, apex as a marginal tooth. Venation palmate-pinnate
with few widely spaced laterals running to the marginal teeth. Basal
laterals strong, branching both basiscopically and acroscopically, the macroscopic branch running parallel to the next lateral. Weak distal branches
looping along the margin. Tertiary veins broadly arching, scalariform, seldom
branched. Stomata anomocytic. Trichome bases with up to 12 radial cells.
