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Brachyphyllum sattlerae
Discussion
Derivation of name. The specific epithet is after Dr. Ellen "Ellie" Sattler, the fictional character of the Jurassic Park novel and film portrayed by Laura Dern, who contributed to popularizing the role and importance of both palaeobotanists and women for science in general.
Taxonomy
Brachyphyllum sattlerae was named by Batista et al. (2020). Its type specimen is MPSC PL 561, a leaf, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Pedra Branca Quarry (Crato), which is in an Aptian terrestrial lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. ardenicum, B. arizonicum, B. arizonieum, B. crassum, B. crucis, B. cyclophorum, B. densum, B. desnoyersii, B. douglasi, B. eathiensis, B. elegans, B. expansum, B. expansum, B. feistmantelii, B. feistmantellii, B. gracile, B. hondurense, B. irregulare, B. lorchii, B. lusitanicum, B. macrocarpum, B. menendezi, B. moreauanum, B. negevensis, B. nepos, B. obesum, B. obsum, B. paprelii, B. rechtenii, B. speciosa, B. squammosum, B. squamosum, B. tenue, B. thuioides, B. thuoides, B. trauti, B. trautii, B. tyersensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Brachyphyllum sattlerae Batista et al. p. 522 fig. 3–5 |
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†Brachyphyllum sattlerae Batista et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. E. P. Batista et al. 2020 | Penultimate branches opposite; on ultimate branches scale leaves arranged decussately or almost decussately, on wider branches helically in a very low spiral; leaf margin scarious; abaxial leaf surface rugose and bearing stomatal apparatuses arranged in longitudinal rows separated by rows of elongate ordinary epidermal cells; stomatal apparatuses monocyclic, with four to six non-papillate subsidiary cells; stomatal apertures mainly obliquely oriented; ordinary epidermal cells non-papillate; hypodermal bundles of sclerenchyma heavily lignified and with sinuous patterns around the uppermost portions of the substomatal chamber; tracheids of the primary xylem with scalariform thickenings. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Brachyphyllum sattlerae (type locality: 169901) |