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Carpolithes boldensis
Carpolithes boldensis Jane Blanch., H.-S. Wang, Dilcher Palaeont. Electr., 19(3.51A): 42. Dec 2016
- Name
- Carpolithes boldensis
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- Carpolithus
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Carpolithes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Blanchard J.
Wang H.-S.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits
(early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group),
northern Mississippi, USA [2016/12]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Electronica
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3.51A
- Page number
- 42
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Tallahatta Formation
- Location
- Bolden clay pit, Mississippi, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF15738-059413
- Diagnosis
- Lemma narrowly elliptic, 6.5 mm long
and 1.2 mm wide, a midvein extending from the
base of the awn to the seed body; seed attached to
the basal part of the lemma, narrowly elliptic, 3.5
mm long and 1.2 mm wide, apex rounded; awn 2
mm long and 0.1 mm wide, attached to the apex of
the lemma.
