Torreya schulzii

Name

Torreya schulzii

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Torreya

Authors (Pub.)

Gregor H.-J. van der Burgh J. Peters A. M. M. Pingen M.  

Publication

Torreya schulzii nov. spec. – eine exotische Konifere aus dem NW-europäischen Pliozän (Hambach, Liessel) [2000]

Journal

Documenta naturae

Volume

104

Issue

5

Page number

6

Year

2000

Fossil Status

seeds

Stratigraphy

Zanclean

Strat. comment

Brumssumian

Location

open pit Hambach, Niederzier, Cologne district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Europe)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Naturmuseum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

Repository Number

Inv. Nr. 99-7511669

Num

1: 1

Pub.

Torreya schulzii nov. spec. – eine exotische Konifere aus dem NW-europäischen Pliozän (Hambach, Liessel) [2000]

Data for Isotypus

Repository

Naturmuseum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

Repository Number

Coll. Naturmuseum Augsburg, Inv. Nr. 99-14711130 (Leg. SCHUBERT, Sand 9B (?), vgl. Exk. Nr. GREGOR E 743/18 C) Call. Naturmuseum Augsburg, Inv. Nr. 99-148/1436 (Leg. HERGERSBERG, Sand 9B (?), vgl. Exk. Nr. GREGOR E 788/6b) Coll. Naturmuseum Augsburg, Inv. Nr. 99-149/1686 und 99-155/1686, Rotton-Sand 9B Coll. WUTZLER, Schicht 9 B, Rotton-Sand (bzw. Reuver-Sand) Coll. PINGEN, No. 1995-L-1 und 2, Rotton-Sand 9B (bzw. Reuver-Sand, alte Lesefunde) Coll. SCHMITT, No. D-110-II-01, Schicht vermutlich Rotton-Sande auf der 3. Sohle, zusammen mit Zapfen und Samen aus Sanden und Kiesen (vgl. bei GREGOR Exk. Nr. 827/15) Coll. PETERS, No. LI-1041, Sand-Schicht aus dem Oberpliozän, Reuverium)

Num

Tafel 1, Fig. 2 - 10, Tafel 2, Fig. 7 - 12, 14, 16

Diagnosis

Seeds bilateral - symmetrical; about 30 x 20 mm, egg-shaped-fusiform, in cross-section rounded; testa ca. 0,5-1,5 mm, outer palisade wall with tiny amber-pits and inner coarse spongelike sclerenchymatic layer with pits; smooth or slightly wavy surface of seed with small-sized flat impressions show a nearly netlike surface; apical hilum as a small craterlike wall with small needlelike hole, the micropylar scar at the midpoint of the apical crest; with lateral bisymmetric vascular scars situated on either side of the seed beneath the hilum, positioned at the level of the greatest seed width, about 1/3 of the length from the apex.: the rough area on the seed wall apical, symmetrical, line of the fleshy coat of aril in connection to coarse ridged seedcoat; dehiscing lines on the apical area split up.