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Kvacekispermum costatum
Kvacekispermum costatum Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 183. 25 Nov 2019
- Name
- Kvacekispermum costatum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Kvacekispermum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Torres Vedras (NE of Forte da Forca), Portugal: a palaeofloristic analysis of an early angiosperm community [2019/11]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 183
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Barremian
- Strat. comment
- Lower member of the Almargem Formation
- Location
- Torres Vedras, NE of Forte de Forca, Portugal (39°06′13″ N, 9°14′47″ W).
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- S174098
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- S174099 (Torres Vedras sample 38)
- Diagnosis
- Seeds tiny, broadly obovate
in lateral view and almost circular in transverse section with
an uneven surface of the endotesta formed from numerous
longitudinal ridges separated by shallow depressions.
Endotesta comprised of a single layer of palisade-shaped
cells with densely spaced crystals and fibrous infillings.
