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Eopolytrichum antiquum
Eopolytrichum antiquum Konopka, Herendeen, G.L. Merr., P.R. Crane Int. J. Pl. Sci., 158(4): 490. Jul 1997
- Name
- Eopolytrichum antiquum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Eopolytrichum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Konopka A. S.
Herendeen P. S.
Merrill G. L. S.
Crane P. R.
- Publication
- Sporophytes and gametophytes of Polytrichaceae from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Georgia, U. S. A. [1997/7]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 490
- Year
- 1997
- Fossil Status
- gametophytes
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Buffalo Creek Member of the Gaillard Formatio
- Location
- Ca. 9.5 km southeast of Roberta, Georgia, at the south pit of the Atlanta Sand and Supply Company at Gaillard, Crawford County, Georgia, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Field Museum, Chicago, USA
- Repository Number
- PP44714
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Field Museum, Chicago, USA
- Repository Number
- PP44715, PP44716, PP44717
- Diagnosis
- Capsules oblong in outline, terete to somewhat dorsiventrally flattened in section, operculum high and dome-shaped (calyptra and beak of operculum not preserved). Exothecium mammillose, stomata restricted to constricted apophysis at the capsule base. Peristomial membrane present at the rim of the capsule, peristome teeth lacking, and epiphragm retained in the operculum. Spores alete, echinulate.
