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Krutzschipollis argentinum
Discussion
The epithet argentinum refers to the country Argentina
Taxonomy
Krutzschipollis argentinum was named by De Benedetti et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF-PA 804, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Bosta (CBO) (Paleobotany), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Krutzschipollis argentinum De Benedetti et al. p. 3 |
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†Krutzschipollis argentinum De Benedetti et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. De Benedetti et al. 2023 | Pollen grain tricolporate, oblate, amb rounded triangular.
Colpi short, with ektannuli, ca. 2.5 μm wide in the equator, tapering to the poles. Pores indistinct. Exine 3.5–5.0 μm thick, two layered, sexine thicker than nexine, columellae indistinct. Sculpture of poorly defined rugulae, longitudinally oriented in the equator, delimiting central polar areas of smaller granulate to verrucate sculpture. |