Mastixicarpum hoodii

Name

Mastixicarpum hoodii

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Mastixicarpum

Authors (Pub.)

Huegele I. B. Manchester S. R.  

Publication

An Early Paleocene carpoflora from the Denver Basin of Colorado, USA, and its implications for plant-animal interactions and fruit size evolution [2020/5]

Journal

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volume

181

Issue

6

Page number

651

Year

2020

Fossil Status

fruits (endocarps)

Stratigraphy

Selandian

Location

Littleton, Colorado, USA

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Denver Museum of Nature and Science, DMNH, Denver, USA

Repository Number

DMNH EPI.49425

Num

4 A-B, D-F

Pub.

An Early Paleocene carpoflora from the Denver Basin of Colorado, USA, and its implications for plant-animal interactions and fruit size evolution [2020/5]

Diagnosis

Endocarp ellipsoid, 8–13.5mmlong, 4.9–7.9mm broad, 2.9–6 mm deep dorsiventrally, apically and basally rounded with a longitudinally running dorsal infold that intrudes a single boat-shaped locule with rounded base and apex, usually C shaped in cross section, sometimes inflected laterally. Germination valve ca. 4 mm wide, extending down the full length of the fruit or just short of the base. Surface ornamented by 15–18 distinct longitudinal ridges. Endocarp elliptical to almost circular in transverse section, wall 0.6–1.2 mm (average, 1.0 mm) thick.