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Srivastavapollenites exoticus

Magnoliopsida

Taxonomy
Srivastavapollenites exoticus was named by Ruiz and Quatrocchio (1993). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is A 2972/8: 8,9/143.5, a seed repro (Pollen grain), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Pozo Puerto Belgrano N° 20, which is in a Danian terrestrial shale in the Pedro Luro Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Srivastavapollenites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Srivastavapollenites exoticus Ruiz and Quatrocchio

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
genusSrivastavapollenites
speciesexoticus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Srivastavapollenites exoticus Ruiz and Quatrocchio 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. C. Ruiz and M. E. Quatrocchio 1993Grano de polen isopolar, tricolpado; parasincolpado; oblato a peroblato? amb triangular de lados cóncavos a levemente convexos; colpos situados en los ángulos ecuatoriales, bien desarrollados; apocolpio estriado de 6 µm. de ancho; colpos cubiertos por opérculos fusiformes constituidos por la sexina, que presenta su parte más ancha en el ecuador ( 8 µ de ancho) ornamentados con estriaciones paralelas a la longitud del colpo. Exina de alrededor de 1.5 µ, sexina de 1 µ de espesor, baculada, nexina de alrededor de 1.5 µ de espesor, psilada, más débil en los ángulos ecuatoriales, siendo éstas zonas de fragilidad que en algunos casos se rompen. Tectum supraestriado; estriaciones simplibaculadas, circumangulares desde la mitad del mesocolpio hasta el mesocolpio adyacente; las estriaciones generalmente de alrededor de 1 µ de espesor son paralelas entre sí y perpendiculares al colpo; por lo general anastomosadas y discontinuas.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Srivastavapollenites exoticus (type locality: 142928 168541)