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Palaeocarpinus orientalis
Palaeocarpinus orientalis Manchester, S.-X. Guo Int. J. Pl. Sci., 157(2): 241. Mar 1996
- Name
- Palaeocarpinus orientalis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Palaeocarpinus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
Guo S.-X.
- Publication
- Palaeocarpinus (extinct Betulaceae) from Northwestern China: new evidence for Paleocene floristic continuity between Asia, North America, and Europe [1996/3]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 157
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 241
- Year
- 1996
- Fossil Status
- fruits (bracts)
- Stratigraphy
- Paleocene
- Strat. comment
- Wulonggu Formation
- Location
- south of the Ertix River, Altai County, northwestern Xinjiang (ca. 47"29'N, 87°06'E), northwestern China
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Tarim Basin)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB 17158
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB 17155-17157, 17159, 17160, 17165
- Diagnosis
- Fruit a small nut subtended by
a pair of opposite, more or less equal, spiny bracts.
Nut elliptical. Bract thick-textured and fibrous with a
stout main axis that bifurcates in some specimens,
variable in size, degree of dissection, and number of
spines. Infructescence spicate, composed of numerous
closely spaced sessile fruits.
