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Otozamites toshioensoi
Otozamites toshioensoi T. Yamada, J. Legrand, H. Nishida Palaeontol. Res., 22(2): 116. 1 Apr 2018
- Name
- Otozamites toshioensoi
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Otozamites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Yamada T.
Legrand J.
Nishida H.
- Publication
- Late Early Cretaceous (Albian) Sasayama Flora from the Sasayama Group in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan [2018/4]
- Journal
- Palaeontological Research
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 116
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Albian
- Location
- Ojiyama and Sasayama Castle, Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyōgo, Sanda, Japan
- Repository Number
- D1-32303
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyōgo, Sanda, Japan
- Repository Number
- D1-32328
- Diagnosis
- Leaf linear, pinnate, bearing leaflets alternately at 30 to 60 degrees to rachis. Rachis almost completely concealed by leaflets. No overlap between
adjacent leaflets on same side of rachis. Leaflets slightly falcate. Auricle on acroscopic leaflet base prominently developed, reaching other side of rachis. Leaflet apices broadly rounded to obtuse. Leaflet margin distinctly thickened. Six to seven veins initiated from leaflet attachment. Veins bifurcate more than once. Vein density ca. 3 to 4 per mm at maximum.
