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Gnetopsis hispida
Gnetopsis hispida Gensel, J.E. Skog Brittonia, 29(3): 340. 23 Aug 1977
- Name
- Gnetopsis hispida
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gnetopsis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gensel P. G.
Skog J. E.
- Publication
- Two Early Mississippian seeds from the Price Formation of Southwestern Virginia [1977/8]
- Journal
- Brittonia
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 340
- Year
- 1977
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Lower Mississippian
- Strat. comment
- Price Formation
- Location
- banks of a tributary of Pondlick Branch, 2 km west of Pulaski, Virginia, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- University of North Carolina, Paleobotanical Collection, Chapel Hill, USA
- Repository Number
- NCUPC 112
- Diagnosis
- Seed 1-2 mm wide, 8 mm long, somewhat bilateral, appearing winged, with 4-6 apical extensions 1-4 cm long, covered with minute spine-like hairs 0.5-1 mm long; the extensions rarely divided toward the tip.
