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Podocarpidites rectangularis
Discussion
Referring to the subrectangular corpus shape in polar and equatorial view.
Taxonomy
Podocarpidites rectangularis was named by De Benedetti et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF-PA 817, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Bosta (CBO) (Paleobotany), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Podocarpidites rectangularis De Benedetti et al. p. 3 |
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†Podocarpidites rectangularis De Benedetti et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. De Benedetti et al. 2023 | Pollen grain bisaccate, diploxylonoid. Corpus subrectangular to elliptical in polar and equatorial view, with major axis along grain length. Corpus exine up to 2 μm thick, columellate, tectum psilate to perforate. Sacci about the same width and half in length than the corpus, with an irregular intrareticulum. Leptoma large. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Podocarpidites rectangularis (195707) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Podocarpidites rectangularis (31653 type locality: 199410) |