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Musopsis groenlandica
Musopsis groenlandica A. Boyd Amer. J. Bot., 79(12): 1362. 29 Dec 1992
- Name
- Musopsis groenlandica
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- groenlandicum
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Musopsis
- Replaced Name
- Musophyllum groenlandicum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Boyd A. E.
- Publication
- Musopsis n. gen.: a banana-like leaf genus from the Early Tertiary of Eastern North Greenland [1992/12]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 1362
- Year
- 1992
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Paleocene
- Strat. comment
- Thyra Ø Formation
- Location
- Princess Dagmar Island, eastern North Greenland
- Paleoregion
- America (North - Greenland)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Type and Illustrated Paleontology Collection, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Repository Number
- MGUH# 18265
- Diagnosis
- One incomplete leaf > 16 cm long, > 13 cm wide, and two leaf fragments; leaf costa 2.7 cm wide, seven vein orders visible; veins parallel costa before departing at near right angles, parallel, straight course, vein order alternating in placement; 1st order veins (A) irregularly spaced, 12.6-14.3 mm spacing; 2d order (B) usually occurring halfway between A veins, 6.3-7.6 mm between A and B pair; 3d order veins (C) occurring halfway between A and B veins; 4th order veins (D) occurring be- tween any vein pair of higher-order sometimes closer to one vein; three 5th order veins (E) occurring between any vein pair of higher-order; 6th order vein (F) occurring between any vein pair of higher order.
