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Berberis saseboensis
Berberis saseboensis Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 351. 20 Mar 1961
- Name
- Berberis saseboensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Berberis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tanai T.
- Publication
- Neogene floral change in Japan [1961/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Faculty of Science of the Hokkaido University
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 351
- Year
- 1961
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Berberis
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Ainoura Formation
- Location
- Shin-minato coal mine, Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- Repository Number
- UHR-15226
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- Repository Number
- UHR-15227
- Diagnosis
- Leaves small, obovate in general shape, 1.3 to 2.5 cm long and 1.1 to 1.8 cm wide ; base narrowly cuneate, decurrent below along the petiole; apex acute to cuspidate; midrib stout, nearly straight to the tip; secondaries thin and slender, about four subopposite pairs, diverging from the midrib at angles of 35 to 45 degrees on the middle, basal pair arising along the margin, near the margin entire ; petiole stout, 0.4 to 1.0 cm long; texture thin, membranaceous.
