Boraginocarpus algeriensis

Name

Boraginocarpus algeriensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Boraginocarpus

Authors (Name)

Hammouda S. A. Weigend M.  

Authors (Pub.)

Hammouda S. A. Weigend M. Mebrouk F. Chacón J. Bensalah M. Ensikat H.-J. Adaci M.  

Publication

Fossil nutlets of Boraginaceae from the continental Eocene of Hamada of Méridja (southwestern Algeria): the first fossil of the Borage family in Africa [2015/12]

Journal

American Journal of Botany

Volume

102

Issue

12

Page number

2110

Year

2015

Fossil Status

fruits

Stratigraphy

Eocene

Strat. comment

Ypresian to Lutetian (early–middle Eocene), 56–41 Ma

Location

Hamada of Méridja deposits, Bechar, southwestern Algeria

Paleoregion

Africa (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Repository Number

S.H. 1510–1

Num

3 A

Pub.

Fossil nutlets of Boraginaceae from the continental Eocene of Hamada of Méridja (southwestern Algeria): the first fossil of the Borage family in Africa [2015/12]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Repository Number

S.H. 1510–2 to 10

Diagnosis

Nutlet approximately 1.7–2.0 mm long × 1.1–1.4 mm wide, pear-shaped, apex narrowed; dorsally convex, ventral side more or less planar; nutlet surface verrucose on the dorsal, lateral, and oblique sides, with rounded cones; ventrally with large triangular- ovate cicatrix, extending over the entire length, narrowing into a groove reaching the apex of the nutlet. Cicatrix surrounded by a regular, smooth, slightly elevated rim also running along the groove toward the apex.