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Eragrosites changii
Taxonomy
Eragrosites changii was named by Cao et al. (1998). Its type locality is Jianshangou bed, near Chaomidian, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Eragrosites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Eragrosites changii Cao et al. |
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†Eragrosites changii Cao et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Z. Cao et al. 1998 | Larger panicle, about 14 cm in incompletely preserved length and at least 10 cm in width; rachis about 3 mm wide at the base, narrowing gradually to the upper portion of inflorescence, oppositely branching 3 times, apart from each other, with longitudinal striations and glandula-like appendages on the surface of rachis and branches; bracts absent. Spikelets arranged in panicle, ovate to elongatedly elliptical in outline, about 5 mm long, composed of the biserial "florets", likely bearing two glumes at its base; lemma with 3 (?) veinlets, without awn. |