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Antholithes pendulus
Antholithes pendulus R.W. Br. Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 154(J): 292. 22 Apr 1929
- Name
- Antholithes pendulus
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- pendula
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Antholithes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Brown R. W.
- Publication
- Additions to the flora of the Green River Formation [1929/4]
- Journal
- Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
- Volume
- 154
- Issue
- J
- Page number
- 292
- Year
- 1929
- Fossil Status
- inflorescences (catkins)
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Green River Formation
- Location
- Between Carr and Brush Creeks, 30 miles northwest of De Beque, Colorado, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- not specified
- Diagnosis
- This seems clearly to be a staminate catkin. At one
end of the dense aggregation of flowers can be seen a
short portion of the peduncle. Such a catkin would
suggest Salix, Populus. Betula, Alnus, Juglans, Hicoria,
etc.
