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Iodes sinuosa
Iodes sinuosa C. Del Rio, R. Thomas, Franceschi Earth & Environm. Sci. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 2017, 108(4): 2 [460]. 24 Sep 2018
- Name
- Iodes sinuosa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Iodes
- Authors (Pub.)
- Del Rio C.
Thomas R.
De Franceschi D.
- Publication
- Fruits of Icacinaceae Miers from the Palaeocene of the Paris Basin (Oise, France) [2018/9]
- Journal
- Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2017
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 2 [460]
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Thanetian
- Location
- Rivecourt, Oise, France
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Repository Number
- Riv. PPB 157
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Repository Number
- Riv. PPB 146, Riv. PPB 147, Riv. PPB 190
- Diagnosis
- Endocarp elliptical with reticulate pattern of sharp, thin, and sinuous ridges, which delimit about 16–17 polygonal areoles on each lateral face with few or no freely ending ridgelets. Endocarp possessing a symmetrical pair of horn-like protrusions compressed on the keel, positioned eccentrically and subapically. Endocarp wall 0.22–0.24 mm thick and 0.35–0.39 mm thick with ridges. Inner endocarp surface densely covered with regularly spaced and sessile, rounded papillae. Length of endocarp: 4.65–5.3 mm; width
about 3.66 mm.
