Chamaerops” kutschlinica ETTINGSHAUSEN

Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2011, The Late Eocene Flora Of Kučlín Near Bílina In North Bohemia Revisited, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 67 (3 - 4), pp. 83-144 : 93

“ Chamaerops” kutschlinica ETTINGSHAUSEN

Pl. 3, figs 7-8

1866 Chamaerops kutschlinica ETTINGSHAUSEN ( Flabellaria kutschlinica ETTINGSHAUSEN in figure captions), p. 32, pl., 8, fig. 5.

1990 Chamaeorps kutschlinica ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Bůžek et al., p. 172, fig. 3.23.

Poorly preserved impression of ca. 3 cm large tuber-like rhizome with radiating narrow segments.

D i s c u s s i o n: The fossil described as Chamaerops kutschlinica by Ettingshausen (1866) represents in fact a nodular rhizome with radiating rootlets resembling leaf segments

The holotype of this species is clearly not a foliar fossil. The segments radiating from the rhizome are very doubtful, probably rootlets. No similar fossils have been recovered to bring further evidence that Chamaerops -like palms existed in the Kučlín flora.

M a t e r i a l: BP 59.1179.1.