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Mastixia rattazzii
Mastixia rattazzii Martinetto Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 167(3–4): 225. Oct 2011
- Name
- Mastixia rattazzii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mastixia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Martinetto E.
- Publication
- The first mastixioid fossil from Italy and its palaeobiogeographic implications [2011/10]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 167
- Issue
- 3–4
- Page number
- 225
- Year
- 2011
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- Molare Formation
- Location
- Brovi, near village of Mioglia, Savona province, NW Italy
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Earth Sciences Department, Turin University, Turin, Italy
- Repository Number
- PU105833
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp ovoid, rounded basally, unilocular, single-seeded; at least 25mm long, 20mm wide, 20mm in dorsi-ventral thickness. Dorsal germination valve with a deep and narrow dorsal groove. Cross-section of the dorsal valve showing a narrow infold with parallel margins within the septum, and narrowly Y-shaped when the whole dorsal area is considered. Endocarp 8 mm in ventral thickness (including rib projection), surface longitudinally ribbed, with up to 4 mm deep longitudinal grooves; ribs discontinuous and strong (to 4 mmhigh); resin ducts absent. Locule U-shapedwith parallel arms, 6 mm in dorsi-ventral length, width 4 mm; each arm 4 mm long and
1 mm wide; cross-section of the dorsal groove finger-shaped, with ventral margin not inserted within the arms of the seed locule.
