Velascoa

Genus Velascoa Flores-Barragan, E. Ortega Ch. in Flores-Barragan, Velasco-L., E. Ortega Ch. J. S. Amer. Earth Sci., 110(103408): [4]. 12 Jun 2021

Name: Velascoa
Rank: Genus
Authors (Name): Flores-Barragan M. A. Ortega Chávez E.
Authors (Pub.): Flores-Barragan M. A. Velasco-de León M. P. Ortega Chávez E.
Publication: New genus for megaphyllous leaves from the Upper Paleozoic of Mexico Velascoa pueblensis gen. nov. [2021/6]
Journal: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Volume: 110
Issue: 103408
Page number: [4]
Year: 2021
Parent Taxon: [Class] Ginkgoopsida
Fossil Status: foliage
Type: Velascoa pueblensis
Diagnosis: Isolated, fan-shaped leaves with a differentiated petiole, which may have striae; the lamina divides more than once, forming deep, lanceolate segments with entire margins; the veins repeatedly dichotomize in each segment, never anastomosed.

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Genus Velascophyllum

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Velascoa pueblensis

Doweld Alexander at: 04/17/2022 18:08

non Velascoa Calderón & Rzed. (in Acta Bot. Mex. 39: 54. 1997) (Magnoliophyta: Crossosomataceae).

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