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Tineafructus casamiquelae

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Tineafructus casamiquelae was named by Wilf et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF‐Pb 7989a,b, a leaf (Part and counterpart), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco: quarry LH29, which is in a Ypresian crater lake siliciclastic in the Huitrera Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Tineafructus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Tineafructus casamiquelae Wilf et al. p. 4 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
Fabid
RankNameAuthor
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
subfamilyAcalyphoideaeAsch
tribeAcalypheaeDumortier 1829
genusTineafructus
speciescasamiquelae

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Tineafructus casamiquelae Wilf et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Wilf et al. 2023Panicle‐bearing capsules closely spaced on secondary axes. Capsules short‐pedicellate with persistent calyx, obovate, ca. two times wider than long; basal and lateral margins convex and smoothly rounded; without spines or wings; apex bilobed. Capsules two‐locular, with two narrow‐lenticular, axile seeds that persist after dehiscence and two persistent,projecting stigmas. Dehiscence loculicidal or loculicidal‐septicidal; fully opened capsules four‐lobed. Stigmas thick, plumose, and unbranched, the projecting portion nearly as long as the apical margin of the subtending valve.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Tineafructus casamiquelae (type locality: 227287)