Langtonia parva

Name

Langtonia parva

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Langtonia

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.49439

Num

3 A-B

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, 7.2–9.9 mm long, 3.0– 5.7 mm broad, 3.1–3.5 mm deep dorsiventrally, ornamented by ca. 10 longitudinal ribs, base rounded, apex pointed with stylar protrusion, unilocular, rounded-triangular in transverse section. Each germination valve has a pair of dorsal infolds, resulting in a locule that may be T shaped in cross section.