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Arecipites microfoveolatus

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Arecipites microfoveolatus was named by Ibrahim (2002). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Arecipites microfoveolatus Ibrahim pp. 112-114 figs. Plate 3, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusArecipitesNichols et al. 1973
speciesmicrofoveolatus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. I. A. Ibrahim 2002Small to medium sized, monocolpate pollen, ellipsoidal to elongate tapered, with pointed ends. Colpus long, from pole to pole, usually tightly closed throughout its entire length. Exine tectate–perforate, moderately thick (about 1 μm). Sexine finely foveolate or scorbiculate, foveolae generally less than 0.5 μm in diameter and densely spaced, giving a microreticulate appearance. Nexine thin, closely attached to sexine with minute columellae.

Arecipites microfoveolatus sp. nov. is distinguished by its ellipsoidal outline, blunt-ending to tapering at the poles. Arecipites pereensis (Juhász and Góczán, 1985) comb. nov., differs by its larger size (length 77 μm, width 29 μm) and a slightly rounded contour at at least one pole. Retimonocolpite matruhensis Penny (1986) is similar in shape and size to A. microfoveolatus sp. nov., but differs by its semitectate reticulate exine, colpus open at poles to gaping, and its length/width ratio being less than 2.0, i.e. wider than A. microfoveolatus.
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: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5South Sudan Arecipites microfoveolatus (200012)