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Carpolithes bryangosus
Carpolithes bryangosus L.J. Hickey Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 150: 152. 19 Jul 1977
- Name
- Carpolithes bryangosus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Carpolithes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hickey L. J.
- Publication
- Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of Western North Dakota [1977/7]
- Journal
- Memoirs of the Geological Society of America
- Volume
- 150
- Page number
- 152
- Year
- 1977
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Thanetian
- Location
- White Butte, Stark County, North Dakota, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 167534A, B
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Princeton University, Princeton, USA
- Repository Number
- PU 20067
- Diagnosis
- Inflated receptacle with ovoid fruit attached; fruit 1.1 to 1.4 cm in diameter,
marked by irregular concentric rings; fruit either recessed into the receptacle or raised slightly above it on a short, slender peduncle; receptacle as much as 1.5 cm across at widest point, expanding from a stem 4 mm wide; upper part of the receptacle longitudinally ridged, whole surface bearing a faint striation with numerous longitudinally elongate pits as much as 1 mm long, possibly representing hairs, glands, or lenticels.
