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Bursera popensis
Bursera popensis Calv.-Canadell, Rodr.-Reyes, Medina-Lemos, Cev.-Ferriz Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex., 65(3): 634. Dec 2013
- Name
- Bursera popensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Bursera
- Authors (Pub.)
- Calvillo-Canadell L.
Rodríguez-Reyes O.
Medina-Lemos R.
Cevallos-Ferriz S. R. S.
- Publication
- Eocene Bursera (Burseraceaea) in La Carroza Formation, Mexico:
a dry tropical flora member [2013/12]
- Journal
- Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 634
- Year
- 2013
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- La Carroza Formation, Difunta Group
- Location
- Rancho San Francisco, close to the town of San José de La Popa, Nuevo León, Mexico; between 26° and 26°10’ N and 100°40’ and 100° 50’ W, or x= 358,296; y= 2,885,706; UTM 14 zone
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, México, México
- Repository Number
- IGL-01345pb
- Diagnosis
- Leaflet narrowly elliptic-oblong, lamina asymmetric, base cuneate-convex; margin serrate except in proximal zone, teeth apex cunonioid. First order venation pinnate, midvein well-developed. Secondary veins semicraspedodromous and cladodromous in distal part. Weak inter-secondary veins present. Third-order venation random reticulate. Fourth-order venation freely ramified in unequal dendritic form. Areoles well-developed. Veinlets ramified.
