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Leguminosites belensis
Taxonomy
Leguminosites belensis was named by Berry (1929). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Belen, Punta Pariñas, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. bahiensis, L. bonseri, L. braziliensis, L. browneaformis, L. calliandraformis, L. canavaliformis, L. casareana, L. chinensis, L. climensis, L. cuquensis, L. enformis, L. engelhardti, L. entadaformis, L. grandis, L. hymenaeoides, L. lespedezoides, L. machaerioides, L. mexicanus, L. middendorftensis, L. mucunoides, L. oaxacensis, L. pardneri, L. patagonicus, L. probalsamifera, L. regularis, L. rhamnifolioides, L. robiniafolia, L. silvensis, L. spatulatus, L. trinitensis, L. venezuelensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Leguminosites belensis Berry |
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†Leguminosites belensis Berry 1929
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. W. Berry 1929 | There are great many seeds, both among the Leguminosae and in other families, that resembñe the present type. I believe it to be leguminous, but it presents no differential features that would warrant its reference to any particular existing genus, and it is therefore referred to the form genus Leguminosites. It is nearly circular in profile, 1-5 centimeters in maximum and 1.2 centimeters in minimum diameter, and 5.5 millimeters in maximum thickness. It shows conclusive evidence of deformation from an original lenticular form during fossilization, as may be seen from the cross-section figure. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Leguminosites belensis (64545) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Peru | Leguminosites belensis (type locality: 139872) |