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Iodes israeli
Iodes israeli Soudry, H.-J. Gregor Cretac. Res., 18(2): 167. Apr 1997
- Name
- Iodes israeli
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- Jodes israelii
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Iodes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Soudry D.
Gregor H.-J.
- Publication
- Jodes israelii sp. nov.: a huge phosphate-mineralized icacinacean fructification from the Late Cretaceous of the Negev, southern Israel [1997/4]
- Journal
- Cretaceous Research
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 167
- Year
- 1997
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Strat. comment
- Ghareb Formation
- Location
- Har Nishpeh area, central Negev, southern Israel
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Asia Minor)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
- Repository Number
- No . 8108 M
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp , bisymmetrical , rounded in lateral view , broadly lenticular in
cross-section ; ornamented with more than 60 shallow concave areas separated
by ridges , the latter tending to be arranged in longitudinal rows ; rounded base ;
small pointed apical style , somewhat irregular , giving the impression of apical
placentation of the anatropous seed . Testa , hilum , micropyle , and chalaza
unknown .
Nomenclatural synonyms (basionyms)
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