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Ailanthipites feruglioi
Discussion
The epithet feruglioi honors the distinguished Italian geologist Egidio Feruglio, who spent most of his career in Argentina.
Taxonomy
Ailanthipites feruglioi was named by De Benedetti et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF-PA 803, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paleoazolla type locality, Cerro Buitre, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Ailanthipites feruglioi De Benedetti et al. p. 3 |
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†Ailanthipites feruglioi De Benedetti et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. De Benedetti et al. 2023 | Pollen grain tricolporate, oblate to oblate spheroidal. Colpi long, extended nearly to the poles, with margo, pores diffuse. Exine ca. 1–2 μm thick, semitectate, suprastriate-inframicroreticulate. Muri ca. 0.2–0.3 μm wide, longitudinal, subparallel, dichotomous, anastomosed, closely spaced, rounded in cross section, psilate. Lumina <0.5 μm diameter. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Ailanthipites feruglioi (type locality: 31653) |