Juglandiphyllites kainachensis J.Kvaček, F.Messner et Bernhard

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003453

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3453

Authors: J. Kvaček, F. Messner & F. Bernhard

Rank: species

Genus:

Reference for this name: Kvaček, J., Messner, F. & Bernhard, F. (2026): Late Cretaceous (Santonian – lower Campanian) flora of Geistthal. – Cretaceous Research 180: 1–20.

Page of description: 12

Illustrations or figures: Figs 8F-L

Original diagnosis/description

Entire-margined lanceolate leaflets with robust midrib. Base rounded-cuneate, asymmetric. Venation pinnate, eucamptodromous. Secondaries leaving midrib typically at 50–80◦, at leaflet base at wider angles on one side of midvein than the other. Secondary veins sub-oppositely arranged, tertiary veins percurrent.

Etymology

After the area of Kainach.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, Campanian
Geistthal Formation, upper Santonian - lower Campanian, Upper Cretaceous

Locality

Austria
Geistthal I