Caloda delevoryana

Name

Caloda delevoryana

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Caloda

Authors (Pub.)

Dilcher D. L. Kovach W. L.  

Publication

Early angiosperm reproduction: Caloda delevoryana gen. et sp. nov., a new fructification from the Dakota Formation (Cenomanian) of Kansas [1986/8]

Journal

American Journal of Botany

Volume

73

Issue

8

Page number

1231

Year

1986

Fossil Status

inflorescences

Stratigraphy

Cenomanian

Strat. comment

Janssen Clay Member of the Dakota Formation

Location

clay pit south of Hoisington, Kansas, USA

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Repository Number

IU15706-4605

Num

5, 10

Pub.

Early angiosperm reproduction: Caloda delevoryana gen. et sp. nov., a new fructification from the Dakota Formation (Cenomanian) of Kansas [1986/8]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Repository Number

IU15706-4599 (Fig. 1, 2, 11), IU15706-4602

Num

1, 2, 11

Pub.

Early angiosperm reproduction: Caloda delevoryana gen. et sp. nov., a new fructification from the Dakota Formation (Cenomanian) of Kansas [1986/8]

Diagnosis

Infructescence elongate, greater than 150 mm long, and 6-10 mm wide. Central axis 1-1.5 mm diam. Numerous helically arranged, short secondary axes arch distally from the central axis. Secondary axes 4-5 mm long, 0.25-0.5 mm in diam, and terminate in a spherical to ovate receptacle (0.75-1 mm diam) on which 35-50 free, conduplicate carpels are borne. Carpels elliptic and compressed laterally, 2 mm long and 0.7-1 mm wide, on a 1 mm stipe. A narrow adaxial suture and an abaxial vein extends the length of the carpel. Carpels indehiscent.