Ilex protocornuta

Name

Ilex protocornuta

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Ilex

Authors (Name)

Li X.-C. Sun B.-N.  

Authors (Pub.)

Li X.-C. Sun B.-N. Xiao L. Wu J.-Y. Lin Z.-C.  

Publication

Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp. nov. (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology [2010/6]

Journal

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volume

161

Issue

1-2

Page number

88

Year

2010

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Xiananshan Formation

Location

Jiahu Diatomite Mine, Tiantai County, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China

Paleoregion

Eurasia (China)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Institute of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy (LDGSW), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Repository Number

JH-1-4-537. Slide no. JH-1-4-537-1~10

Num

Plate II, 5a, 5b; plate III, 1, 2, 4; plate IV, 1-3, 7-9, 14, 15

Pub.

Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp. nov. (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology [2010/6]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Institute of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy (LDGSW), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Repository Number

DLX-121, Plate I, 7; HNT-2-010; HNT-1-071, Plate I, 9; HNT- 072, Plate I, 4; HNT-389, Plate II, 3a, 3b; JH-1-4-021, Plate II, 4; JH-1-4- 171, Plate I, 1; JH-1-3-266, Plate II, 7; JH-1-3-493, Plate I, 2; JH-1-4-778, Plate II, 6a, 6b; JH-1-4-809, Plate I, 8; JH-1-4-888, Plate II, 2; JH-1-4- 2207, Plate II, 1; JH-1-4-2214, Plate I, 6; JH-1-2332; JH-1-4-2508, Plate I, 5; JH-1-4-3219, Plate I, 3. Slide no. JH-1-4-021-1~4, JH-1-4-171- 1~22, HNT-389-1~2, JH-1-3-493-1~3. Epidermal anatomy of JH-1-3- 493, Plate III, 3

Pub.

Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp. nov. (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology [2010/6]

Diagnosis

Leaf with a short petiole stout and narrowly sulcate, base rounded or subtruncate, apex acuminate; leaf shape quadrangularoblong venation semicraspedodromous, midvein stout, lateral veins in 3–6 pairs, anastomosing near the margin, 2, 4 or 6 strong and predominant marginal lateral spines, some lateral veins projecting beyond the spine apex, margin thickened with a sclerenchyma strand. Leaf cuticles with cyclocytic or distinctive amphicyclocytic (tricyclic) stomata (giant stomata).