Picea sp. 1

Smith, MacKenzie A., Greenwalt, Dale E. & Manchester, Steven R., 2023, Diverse Fruits And Seeds Of The Mid-Eocene Kishenehn Formation, Northwestern Montana, Usa, And Their Implications For Biogeography, Fossil Imprint 79 (1), pp. 37-88 : 45

Picea sp. 1

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M a t e r i a l. USNM PAL 619981, 776558.

L o c a l i t y. Park.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Linear winged seed 7.9–9.9 mm long, 3.6–4.6 mm wide at widest point; seed body elliptical to obovate, on proximal side of seed, 2.7–4.0 mm long, 2.1– 2.4 mm wide, concave notch on proximal medial side; wing begins halfway down seed body along abmedial side and less than one quarter of the way to the seed body’s terminus on the medial side; widest part of wing is just past the center more towards the distal end; medial and abmedial edges join in a smooth curve.

Figures

Text-fig. 3. Pinaceae from the Kishenehn Formation. a: USNM PAL 621424 Abies sp. seed. Scale bar 5mm. b: USNM PAL 621991 Larix sp. winged seed. Scale bar 2mm. c: USNM PAL 622093cf. Larix sp. ovuliferous cone. Scale bar 3mm. d: USNM PAL 776558 Picea sp. 1 winged seed. Scale bar 3mm. e: USNM PAL 776565 Picea sp. 2 seed. Scale bar 5mm. f: USNM PAL 619964 Pinaceae Cone 1. Scale bar 1cm. g: USNM PAL 776557 Pinaceae Cone 2. Scale bar 1cm. h: USNM PAL 620025 Pinaceae Cone 3. Scale bar 1cm. i: USNM PAL 776556 Pinus sp. C1. Scale bar 2cm. j: DMNH EPI. 48178 Pinus sp. L1 3-leaf fascicle. Scale bar 2cm. k: USNM PAL 776570 Pinus sp. C2 Pinus subg. Strobus female cone. Scale bar 1cm. l: USNM PAL 621980 Pinus subg. Strobus, Pinus sp. S1 winged seed. Scale bar 3mm. m: USNM PAL 622300 Pinus subg. Strobus, Pinus sp. S1 winged seed. Scale bar 5mm. n: USNM PAL 776567 Pinus subg. Strobus, Pinus sp. S2 seed. Scale bar 2mm. o: USNM PAL 620785 Pinus subg. Strobus, Pinus sp. S3 winged seed, with seed body disarticulated. Scale bar 2mm. p: USNM PAL 626064 Pinus subg. Pinus female cone scale Pinus sp. C3. Scale