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Lepidocaryopsis zeylanicus
Lepidocaryopsis zeylanicus S.J. Hartwich, Conran, Bannister, Lindq., D.E. Lee Austral. Syst. Bot., 23(2): 134. 31 May 2010
- Name
- Lepidocaryopsis zeylanicus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lepidocaryopsis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hartwich S. J.
Conran J. G.
Bannister J. M.
Lindquist B.
Lee D. E.
- Publication
- Calamoid fossil palm leaves and fruits (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) from Late Eocene Southland, New Zealand [2010/5]
- Journal
- Australian Systematic Botany
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 134
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- eastern bank of the Waiau River near Pikopiko,
6 km north of Tuatapere, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU31767b
- Diagnosis
- Fruit ovoid to globose, with an epicarp of elongate, rhomboidal,
apically acuminate, imbricate scales; fruits and scales smaller
than for other Lepidocaryopsis species.
