Vitis quercyensis Y.-Y.Chen, Boura et C.Del Rio in Chen, Boura, Orliac, Lebrun & Del Rio

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003658

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3658

Authors: Y. Y. Chen, A. Boura & C. Del Rio

Rank: species

Reference for this name: Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Vitaceae seed and wood fossils from the Eocene–Oligocene phosphatic fissure fillings of Quercy, southwestern France. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105637 (1–13).

Page of description: 6

Types

Holotype UM-FTF2–167, Collections de Laboratoire de Paléobotanique, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier , France
Figures: Fig. 4A–D

Note: Paratypes: UM-FTF2–161, UM-FTF2–162, UM-FTF2–165 (Fig. 4E–G), UM-GST-2553 (Fig. 4H–J), UM-SND-1618 (Fig. 4K–M).

Original diagnosis/description

Seeds subglobose to obovoid; surface faintly to distinctly rugose. Beak short, incorporated into the seed outline. Chalaza central, elliptical, slightly to distinctly sunken, with distinct radiating markings; chalaza–apex groove distinct; chalaza–base groove present, narrow to faint; apical notch shallow. Ventral infolds straight to slightly curved, short, divergent apically, extending generally less than 1/2, rarely up to 2/3; ventral infold cavities deep, with sharp edges. Raphe ridge narrow, slightly raised, tapering toward the seed base.

Etymology

The specific epithet quercyensis refers to the Quercy region of southwestern France, from which the fossil seeds were recovered.

Stratigraphy

Paleogene, Eocene
Late Eocene (MP18–MP19, ca. 37–34 Ma).

Locality

France
Sindou D in the Lot, and Fontoffre 2 and Gousnat in the Tarn-et-Garonne, Quercy region, southwestern France.

Plant fossil remain

macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood - angiosperm

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