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Nelumbo puertae
Taxonomy
Nelumbo puertae was named by Gandolfo and Cuneo (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-Pb-Mz 864-A and B, a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón del Irupé, which is in a Cretaceous/Paleocene marginal marine siliciclastic/siliciclastic in Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Nelumbo puertae Gandolfo and Cuneo |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Nelumbo puertae Gandolfo and Cuneo 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. A. Gandolfo and R. N. Cuneo 2005 | Simple, centrally peltate microphyll, lamina orbiculate (L/W: 1), margin entire; first vein category actinodromous, at least 12 primary veins diverging regularly from the center of the lamina, bifurcating at least once, and forming festooned brochidodromous archs; poorly developed secondary veins intercalated with the primary veins; third and fourth category veins opposite percurrent; areoles well-developed, 4- to 5-sided; marginal ultimate venation looped, freely ending ultimate veins unbranched to 1-branched, highest vein order fourth. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 100.50000 to 61.66000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Nelumbo puertae (type locality: 195707) |