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Metzgeriites kujiensis
Metzgeriites kujiensis T. Katag. in T. Katag., Shinden Hattoria, 11: 14. 24 Aug 2020
- Name
- Metzgeriites kujiensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Metzgeriites
- Authors (Name)
- Katagiri T.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Katagiri T.
Shinden H.
- Publication
- Discovery of a simple thalloid liverwort Metzgeriites kujiensis (Metzgeriaceae), a new species from Late Cretaceous Japanese amber [2020/8]
- Journal
- Hattoria
- Volume
- 11
- Page number
- 14
- Year
- 2020
- Fossil Status
- thallus
- Stratigraphy
- Santonian
- Strat. comment
- Tamagawa Formation; in amber
- Location
- Horinai Mine (40°09′01″N, 141°44′08″E), Kokuji-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Hattori Botanical Laboratory (NICH), Nichinan, Japan
- Repository Number
- NICH-497606
- Diagnosis
- Species of Metzgeriites with a distinct midrib and lamina. The species is
similar to Metzgeriites yuxianensis X.W.Wu & B.X.Li, but differs by having narrow thalli of 0.6–0.8 mm wide, a regularly 1-pinnate ramification pattern, and the presence of discoid branches.