Clintonia oblongifolia Penh.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002121

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2121

Author: D. P. Penhallow

Rank: species

Reference: Penhallow, D. P. (1902): Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada. – Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. 2 8(sec. 4): 31–91.

Page of description: 55

Illustrations or figures: fig. 6

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Leaf lanceolate oblong, about 3.5 cm. wide and 9 cm. long. Apex acute ?; margin entire; the base tapering into a margined petiole; midrib not apparent; veins fine, obscure, distant about 1 mm.; nerves obscure.

Stratigraphy

Paleogene, Paleocene
Paskapoo Formation

[stratigraphy according to Stockey, Hoffman and Rothwell (2021: Amer. J. Bot. 108(8): 1419)]

as Eocene in Penhallow (1902: Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, Ser. 2 8(sec. 4): 55)

Locality

Canada
the mouth of the Blindman River, a tributary of the Red Deer River, N.W.T. (now part of Alberta)

[type locality according to Stockey, Hoffman and Rothwell (2021: Amer. J. Bot. 108(8): 1419)]

as Red Deer River, N.W.T. in Penhallow (1902: Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, Ser. 2 8(sec. 4): 55)