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Platysaccus orientalis
Platysaccus orientalis P.R. Gut., Balar., Beri J. Syst. Palaeontol., 8(4): 470. Dec 2010
- Name
- Platysaccus orientalis
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- orientales
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Platysaccus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gutiérrez P. R.
Balarino L.
Beri Á.
- Publication
- Palynology of the Lower Permian of Paraná Basin, Uruguay [2010/12]
- Journal
- Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 470
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (pollen)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Strat. comment
- Mangrullo Member; Melo Formation
- Location
- DSCL well 221, Paraná Basin, Uruguay
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (South America)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Departamento de Paleontología, Paleopalynology Collection (FCPP), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Repository Number
- FCPP 155(B) C38/1
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Departamento de Paleontología, Paleopalynology Collection (FCPP), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Repository Number
- FCPP 155(B) V44/0
- Diagnosis
- Pollen grain bisaccate, amb strongly diploxylonoid.
Corpus well defined, subcircular to slightly longitudinally
oval. Cappula narrow, rectangular, margins parallel,
coinciding with total distal roots of sacci; extending
over full length of corpus, breadth one-fifth that of
corpus. Sacci reniformin shape, distinctly inflated, discrete,
and much greater than semicircular in equatorial outline.
Saccus infrastructure fine to moderately coarse. Root sacci
straight.