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Newtonia mushensis
Newtonia mushensis A.D. Pan, Currano, B.F. Jacobs, Feseha, N. Tabor, Herendeen Int. J. Pl. Sci., 173(3): 291. Mar - Apr 2012
- Name
- Newtonia mushensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Newtonia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pan A. D.
Currano E. D.
Jacobs B. F.
Feseha M.
Tabor N.
Herendeen P. S.
- Publication
- Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) seeds from the Early Miocene (22-21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia [2012/3-4]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 173
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 291
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Aquitanian
- Strat. comment
- 22.63 +/- 0.03 Ma
- Location
- Mush Valley, between the towns of Debre Birhan and Debre Sina, on the Ethiopian Northwestern Plateau, approximately 160 km northeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Paleoregion
- Africa (East)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Repository Number
- MU17-31
- Diagnosis
- Flat, elongate tapering seeds bearing a membranous
wing that is markedly curved and notched at the attachment
of the funiculus. The new taxon is distinguished from
extant species of Newtonia by a combination of seed size parameters
and degree of curvature near the funiculus attachment.
