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Azolla minuta
Azolla minuta V.P. Nikitin in V.P. Nikitin, Hval' Paleobot., 2: 68. 2011
- Name
- Azolla minuta
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Azolla
- Authors (Name)
- Nikitin V. P.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Nikitin V. P.
Hval' A. V.
- Publication
- Reproduktivnye struktury Azolla v kajnozoe Zapadnoj Sibiri [2011]
- Journal
- Paleobotanika
- Volume
- 2
- Page number
- 68
- Year
- 2011
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (megaspores)
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Tavdinian suite
- Location
- Galkino village, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Central Asia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Repository Number
- 204/Н3927
- Diagnosis
- Megaspore complexes small, 0,32—0,39 mm long. Supraspore approximately as high as the infraspore or more often distinctly shorter. Basic fl oats 9. Lower fl oats 2—2,5 times smaller than the upper ones. Cap covering the supraspore and the proximal part of the infraspore. Collar narrow. Suprafi losum scarce. Infraspore surface fi nely granulate, with grains on various levels united into a more or less pronounced coral-like structure forming a fi nely pitted pattern, and with occasional outgrowths formed by merging and vertical enlargement of adjacent grains. Infrafilosum absent.
