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Eremospatha chilgaensis
Eremospatha chilgaensis A.D. Pan, B.F. Jacobs, S. Dransf., W.J. Baker Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 151(1): 77. 16 May 2006
- Name
- Eremospatha chilgaensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Eremospatha
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pan A. D.
Jacobs B. F.
Dransfield S.
Baker W. J.
- Publication
- The fossil history of palms (Arecaceae) in Africa and new records from the Late Oligocene (28–27 Mya) of north-western Ethiopia [2006/5]
- Journal
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Volume
- 151
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 77
- Year
- 2006
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- (28–27 Mya)
- Location
- Chilga Woreda (‘Chilga’) about 60 km west of Gondar, Ethiopia [N 12°30, E 37°07]
- Paleoregion
- Africa (East)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Repository Number
- CH54-33
- Diagnosis
- A single incomplete leaflet is 25 mm in
length and widens towards the apex from 1.10 to
6.80 mm. The base is acute and robust. The
margin is thickened compared with the rest of the laminar surface and is 1.15–1.61 mm in width. A single spine near the base is 3.69 mm in
length and robust, upturned and rounded at the tip. The base of the spine is nonbulbous and has
distinctive wrinkles approximately parallel to the leaflet. The spine is angled at 43° from the leaf
margin. The leaflet has a single primary vein extending
the length of the fossil, and secondary veins
diverge from the base towards the apex.
