Caesalpinia norica Unger
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003673
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3673
Author: F. J. A. N. Unger
Rank: species
Reference for this name: Unger, F. J. A. N. (1850): Genera et Species Plantarum Fossilium. W. Braumüller. Not public
Page of description: 491
Types
Lectotype 1851/003/0080/B, GeoSphere Austria (formerly Geologische Bundesanstalt Wien)
designated in Tosal, A., Mariotti, R., Boura, A. & Denk, T. (2026): Revisiting Oligocene Mimosa and Mimosites leaflets from southwest Europe: taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate. – Pap. Palaeontol. 12(3): e70092 (1–21).
Figures: Fig. 7A
PFNR Number: PFN003697 / Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3697
Original diagnosis/description
C. foliis abrupte hipinnatis, partialibus quadrijugis , propriis 6-jugis(?), foliolis inaequalibus basi inaequali ovato-ellipticis semipolliearibus emarginatis integerrimis subsessilibus.
Emended diagnosis
Leaflet asymmetric, obovate, petiolulate. Base asymmetrical, one side straight, the other slightly rounded. Apex round. Margin entire. Primary venation pinnate. Secondary venation brochidodromous. One basal secondary vein departs from the midvein at an angle of c. 30°, course of secondary vein straight.
Stratigraphy
Locality
Slovenia
Sotzka, Radoboj (Österreich-Ungarn), today: Socka in Slovenia, Radoboj in Croatia.
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood - angiosperm
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