Menatanthus D.Uhl, Paudayal et El Atfy in Uhl, Paudayal, Hervet & El Atfy

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002677

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2677

Authors: D. Uhl, K. N. Paudayal & H. El Atfy

Rank: genus

Reference: Uhl, D., Paudayal, K. N., Hervet, S. & El Atfy, H. (2020): Menatanthus mosbruggeri gen. nov. et sp. nov. – A flower with in situ pollen tetrads from the Paleocene maar lake of Menat (Puy-de-Dôme, France). – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 101(online)(1): 51–58.

Page of description: 52

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Heptamerous, actinomorphic flower, with seven lobed corolla (or calyx) and 14 stamens. Perianth lobes (petals or sepals) elliptic with slightly acute apices. Anthers elliptical, about 3 times longer than wide, containing two pollen sacs with permanent pollen tetrads of the Kalmia-type in situ.

Etymology

After the village of Menat,Puyde-Dôme, France, where the holotype was discovered and the Greek ανθος (in the Latinised form anthus), meaning flower.