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Corylopsis grotei
Corylopsis grotei H.-S. Wang, Jane Blanch., Dilcher Palaeont. Electr., 16(3, 31A): 11. Dec 2013
- Name
- Corylopsis grotei
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Corylopsis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang H.-S.
Blanchard J.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fruits, seeds, and flowers from the Warman clay pit (middle Eocene Claiborne Group), western Tennessee, USA [2013/12]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Electronica
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3, 31A
- Page number
- 11
- Year
- 2013
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Claiborne Formation
- Location
- Warman clay pit, Tennessee, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF15826-9111
- Diagnosis
- Seeds elliptic, 8–11 mm long and 4.2–
6.6 mm wide; hilum slightly depressed, asymmetric,
with two arms extending from near the apex
down the ventral and dorsal sides of the seed, one
arm being shorter than the other.