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Paraternstroemia
Genus Paraternstroemia L.J. Hickey Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 150: 140. 19 Jul 1977
- Name
- Paraternstroemia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hickey L. J.
- Publication
- Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of Western North Dakota [1977/7]
- Journal
- Memoirs of the Geological Society of America
- Volume
- 150
- Page number
- 140
- Year
- 1977
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Theaceae
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Paraternstroemia hyphovenosa
- Diagnosis
- fossil leaves believed to belong to, or to be closely related to, the living genus Ternstroemia. Leaf texture smooth and coriaceous, venation pinnate, brochidodromous; all veins but the primary immersed in the leaf substance;
form elliptic or ovate; margin with closely spaced glandular serrulations.
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