Quinquala obovata Manchester et Disney in Manchester, Disney & Pham
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001528
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1528
Authors: S. R. Manchester & K. A. Disney
Rank: species
Genus: Quinquala Manchester et Disney in Manchester, Disney & Pham
Reference: Manchester, S. R., Disney, K. A. & Pham, K. K. (2020): Winged fruits of rutaceous affinity from the Eocene of western North America. – Fossil Imprint 76(2): 211–21.
Page of description: 213
Illustrations or figures: Text-figs 2, 3a–g, i, j, 4
Name is type for
Types
Holotype UF 19376-60038, Paleobotany Collections, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Figures: text-fig. 2a
Note: Paratypes: UF 19376-60023a (Text-fig. 2b), UF 19374-60339 (Text-fig. 2c), UF 19376-60050 (Text-fig. 2d), UF 19374-61756 (Text-fig. 2e), UF 19376-60067 (Text-fig. 2f, p), UF 19376-60069 (Text-figs 2i, 3e), UF 19376-60072 (Text-fig. 2j), UF 19376-60062 (Text-figs 2l, 3f), UF 19374-60403 (Text-fig. 2m), UF 19376-60023b (Text-fig. 3a), UF 19376-60023c (Text-fig. 3b), UF 262-17690 (Text-fig. 3c, g), UF 229-53091 (Text-fig. 3d) housed in Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA.
Original diagnosis/description
Fruits single, obovate, 1.1–1.7 times longer than wide. Fruit apex rounded, without a stylar protrusion. Base cuneate and rounded, margins entire. Locular area oblanceolate. Five thick longitudinal wings, veins obscure. Wing and fruit body dotted with circular glands. Fruit borne on pedicel with prominent perianth scar at the junction of pedicel and fruit base. Narrow disk scar located immediately below the perianth scar.
Etymology
The epithet, obovata refers to the fruit shape.
Stratigraphy
Paleogene, Eocene
Tepee Trail Formation
Locality
United States
Kisinger Lakes, northwestern Wyoming (UF 19376: N 43° 42.056′, W 109° 52.918′)
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
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