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

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002678

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2678

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

Rank: species

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

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

Illustrations or figures: figs 2, 3, 4

Name is type for

Types

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

Named after Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger, a German palaeobotanist and former director general of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Germany, in honour of his numerous contributions to Cenozoic palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, as well as natural history in general.

Stratigraphy

Paleogene, Paleocene
Paleocene (Thanetian) infill of the maar exposed at the village of Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Locality

France
“Stream site” sensu Wedmann et al. (2018) in the village of Menat, Puy-de-Dôme