Carpolithes sp. 6

Tiffney, Bruce H. & Manchester, Steven R., 2022, The Early Middle Eocene Wagon Bed Carpoflora Of Central Wyoming, U. S. A., Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 51-79 : 70

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https://doi.org/ 10.37520/fi.2022.004

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C6431-0827-FFCC-A04D-9040D274FBA6

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Carpolithes sp. 6
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Carpolithes sp. 6

Text-fig. 9e–h View Text-fig

M a t e r i a l. One specimen, chalcedony cast, USNM

PAL 772371.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Disseminule broadly elliptic in face view, narrowly elliptic in cross-section, 8.3 mm long, dorsiventrally flattened, 7.5 mm by 5.0 mm. Possessing a circular, raised point of attachment with a central depression ( Text-fig. 9e View Text-fig ). Lateral to this on one side is a raised ridge that parallels one margin of the wider axis, disappearing into the margin about half way along its length.

D i s c u s s i o n. Carpolithes species 6 bears resemblance to the endocarp of Prunus , with a prominent longitudinal keel in the plane of bisymmetry. The keel on one lateral margin is sharper than on the other. Details of the vascular supply that could help to confirm or disprove this possible affinity are not preserved.

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