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Carpolithus radiatus
Taxonomy
Carpolithus radiatus was named by Chandler (1966). Its type specimen is BYU 51, 53, 58–60, a seed/fruit, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Last Chance Road / Willow Springs, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian lacustrine - small sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Carpolithus radiatus Chandler p. 163 |
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†Carpolithus radiatus Chandler 1966
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. E. J. Chandler 1966 | Stalked circular peltate seeds about 8 to 15 mm. in diameter with thick integuments enclosing in some cases cast of seed cavity of albuminous seed. Seed casts compressed at right angles to axis sometimes having a central depression connected with the margin on one side by a radial channel. Micropyle central ? Chalaza on lower surface contiguous with stalk. Hilar scar marginal indicated by truncation on cast. Few specimens showing narrow radial cavities instead of seed- casts (? anthers). Some of these have a stout central canal with fibre strands extending throughout their length. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Carpolithus radiatus (type locality: 221973) |