Eucalyptolaurus depreii Coiffard, B.Gomez, Thiébaut & J.Kvaček, 2009

Moreau, Jean-David & Néraudeau, Didier, 2023, Amber and plants from the Upper Cretaceous of La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (Charente-Maritime, Western France), Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (20), pp. 455-466 : 461

cf. Eucalyptolaurus depreii Coiffard, B.Gomez, Thiébaut & J.Kvaček, 2009

( Fig. 4 A-D)

Eucalyptolaurus depreii Coiffard, B.Gomez, Thiébaut & J.Kvaček, 2009: 326 [cum syn.].

MATERIAL. — Four specimens: IGR-23252-IGR-23255 .

DESCRIPTION

The specimens consist of fragmented leaves ( Fig. 4 A-D). They are simple, narrow and lanceolate. The fragments are up to 24 mm long and up to 10 mm wide. The lamina has entire margins. The apex is acute ( Fig. 4A). The primary venation is pinnate ( Fig. 4 A-D). The primary vein is straight.

REMARKS

The gross morphology of leaves (simple, narrow and lanceolate) shares some similarities with Eucalyptolaurus depreii which is common in Cretaceous floras from western France ( Coiffard et al. 2009; Valentin et al. 2014; Fleury et al. 2017; Moreau et al. 2017b; Néraudeau et al. 2020a). However, the fragmentation of specimens as well as the lack of some characters (e.g. veins, stomatal apparatuses) do not allow to clearly ascribe these specimens to E. depreii . This species was described based on Albian-Cenomanian specimens from Charente-Maritime ( Coiffard et al. 2009).