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Hymenophyllites kachinensis
Hymenophyllites kachinensis Y. Li, Y.-D. Wang in Y. Li, Y.-D. Wang, Nosova, N. Lu, Y.-Y. Xu Biology (Basel), 11(11(1629)): 5. 7 Nov 2022
- Name
- Hymenophyllites kachinensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Hymenophyllites
- Authors (Name)
- Li Y.
Wang Y.-D.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Li Y.
Wang Y.-D.
Nosova N. V.
Lu N.
Xu Y.-Y.
- Publication
- Filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) and associated spike-mosses (Selaginellaceae) from the Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, Myanmar [2022/11]
- Journal
- Biology (Basel)
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 11(1629)
- Page number
- 5
- Year
- 2022
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- Late Albian–early Cenomanian
- Location
- Amber mines southwest of the village of Tanai ca. 105 km north of
Myitkyina, Kachin State, northern Myanmar
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indochina)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB200745 d
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Repository Number
- PB200745 b, c, PB200746 c, d
- Diagnosis
- Pinnae or pinnules ca. 1.2–1.3 cm long, once pinnatifid, glabrous,
distinctly segmented into simple or forked ultimate segments. Segments characterized
by one to several lobes. Lobes sterile, flat, slightly elongate to oblong, 0.7–1.0 mm wide,
entire-margined. Veins dichotomous, false veinlets absent. Cell walls straight to slightly
wavy.
