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Jatropha tertiaria
Taxonomy
Jatropha tertiaria was named by Berry (1929). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type locality is Belen, Punta Pariñas, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Jatropha tertiaria Berry |
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†Jatropha tertiaria Berry 1929
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. W. Berry 1929 | Fruit capsular, septicidal: this is shown by both specimens of the seeds that were found having preserved a considerable part of the capsular wall which enclosed them. The configuration of the part of the capsule wall preserved, particularly as shown in Fig. 41, where it narrows upward around the caruncle, would seem to demand a three- celled capsule, which is, of course, normal for the existing members of the genus. The capsule must have been ligneous in life since the minimum thickness of the wall in the part preserved is about 1 millimeter, and it thickens to 2.5 to 3 millimeters along the middle region of the seed and at the edges of the valve |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Jatropha tertiaria (64545) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Peru | Jatropha tertiaria (type locality: 139872) |