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Dicotylophyllum myrtophylloides
Dicotylophyllum myrtophylloides Upchurch, Dilcher Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., (1915): 45. Dec 1990
- Name
- Dicotylophyllum myrtophylloides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Dicotylophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Upchurch G. R., Jr.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Cenomanian angiosperm leaf megafossils, Dakota Formation, Rose Creek locality, Jefferson County, southeastern Nebraska [1990/12]
- Journal
- Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
- Issue
- 1915
- Page number
- 45
- Year
- 1990
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- Dakota Formation
- Location
- Rose Creek locality, Jefferson County, southeastern Nebraska, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- 15713-8303
- Diagnosis
- Leaf linear. Primary venation pinnate.
Secondary venation pinnate with an intramarginal vein;
intramarginal vein arching between secondary veins;
basalmost secondary vein at a lower angle than the
superadjacent secondary veins; intercostal regions
elongate parallel to midrib. Tertiary venation irregularly
reticulate.
