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Paleopanax boldensis
Paleopanax boldensis Jane Blanch., H.-S. Wang, Dilcher Palaeont. Electr., 19(3.51A): 29. Dec 2016
- Name
- Paleopanax boldensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Paleopanax
- Authors (Pub.)
- Blanchard J.
Wang H.-S.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits
(early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group),
northern Mississippi, USA [2016/12]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Electronica
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3.51A
- Page number
- 29
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Tallahatta Formation
- Location
- Bolden clay pit, Mississippi, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF15738-059493
- Diagnosis
- Infructescence with one middle acrocidal
capsule flanked by two lateral capsules. Middle
fruit small, globose, dehiscent, ca 4 mm in
diameter; pedicel 2 mm long and 1 mm wide. Two
lateral fruits also globose, 3.5 and 4 mm in diameter
respectively; three styles, each ca 0.8 mm long
and 0.2 mm wide; pedicels 5 mm long and 1 mm
wide. Peduncle 16 mm long and 1 mm wide.
