Tricalycites papyraceus Newb. ex Hollick

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000810

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:810

Authors: J. S. Newberry ex C. A. Hollick

Rank: species

Genus: Tricalycites Newb. ex Hollick

Reference for this name: Hollick, C. A. (1894): Additions to the palaeobotany of the Cretaceous formation on Long Island. – Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 21: 49–65. Not public

Page of description: 63

Illustrations or figures: pl. 180, fig. 8

Name is type for

Original diagnosis/description

This is evidently an imperfect specimen of the organism described by Newberry from the Amboy clays under the name Tricalycites papyraceus. It is a dicotyledone of unknown affinities.

Valid publication of this name is based on figure with analysis (ICN Art. 38.7) by Hollick 1894, pl. 180, fig. 8.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian
Magothy Formation

Locality

United States
Lloyd's Neck, Long Island, New York