Nicholsia brevicolpites E.M.FRIIS, P.R.CRANE et K.R.PEDERSEN, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.2478/if-2019-0013 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396DC10-BF5C-C250-CDE8-B09DE2201832 |
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Diego |
scientific name |
Nicholsia brevicolpites E.M.FRIIS, P.R.CRANE et K.R.PEDERSEN |
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sp. nov. |
Nicholsia brevicolpites E.M.FRIIS, P.R.CRANE et K.R.PEDERSEN sp. nov.
Text-fig. 53a–d View Text-fig
H o l o t y p e. Designated here. S137906-03 (Torres
Vedras sample 44; figured Text-fig. 53a–d View Text-fig ).
P l a n t F o s s i l N a m e s R e g i s t r y N u m b e r.
PFN000498 (for new species).
R e p o s i t o r y. Palaeobotanical Collections , Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden .
E t y m o l o g y. From Latin: brevis and colpus referring to the short colpi.
T y p e l o c a l i t y. Torres Vedras (NE of Forte de
Forca; 39°06′13″ N, 9°14′47″ W).
T y p e s t r a t u m a n d a g e. Lower member of the Almargem Formation; Early Cretaceous (late Barremianearly Aptian).
D i a g n o s i s. As for the genus.
D i m e n s i o n s. Length of pollen grains: about 24–
25 µm; equatorial diameter of pollen grains: about 22 µm.
D e s c r i p t i o n a n d r e m a r k s. Nicholsia brevicolpites is based on grains that occur in a coprolite together with several other kinds of pollen ( Text-fig. 53a View Text-fig ). The pollen grains are small, prolate, with an almost circular equatorial outline, and tricolpate with short colpi ( Text-fig. 53b–d View Text-fig ). The tectum is foveolate to microreticulate with small rounded perforations that are of even size over the main body of the grains ( Text-fig. 53b–d View Text-fig ). The colpi have indistinct margins and a verrucate colpus membrane ( Text-fig. 53b, d View Text-fig ).
A f f i n i t y a n d o t h e r o c c u r r e n c e s. Nicholsia brevicolpites is known only from the Torres Vedras site. The triaperturate pollen grains clearly indicate a relationship to eudicots, but specific relationships to extant taxa within the group are uncertain.
Dispersed pollen with a similar foveolate to microreticulate tectum is reported from the mid-Aptianmid-Albian of Egypt as Punctitri-Fineret ( Penny 1991), but the Egyptian pollen is smaller and has longer colpi.
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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