Mauldinia hirsuta Frumin, H.Eklund et E.M.Friis

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002798

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2798

Authors: S. I. Frumin, H. Eklund & E. M. Friis

Rank: species

Genus: Mauldinia Drinnan, P.R.Crane, E.M.Friis et K.R.Pedersen

Reference: Frumin, S. I., Eklund, H. & Friis, E. M. (2004): Mauldinia hirsuta sp. nov., a New Member of the Extinct Genus Mauldinia (Lauraceae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian‐Turonian) of Kazakhstan. – International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(5): 883–895., link

Page of description: 884

Illustrations or figures: figs 1–6

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Inflorescence axis with two different types of scars. Lateral inflorescence units broadly obovate in outline, sometimes with angular margins. Lobes of lateral units more or less obtriangular in outline. Scales of lateral units membranous without perforations. Each lateral unit with five sessile flowers. Outer tepals short, broadly triangular; inner tepals longer, narrowly obovate to spathulate with an indistinct keel. Receptacle concave, forming a narrow floral tube. Staminal appendages flat and differentiated into stalk and triangular head. Staminodes short, narrow, cuspidate, and dorsiventrally flattened. Resin bodies globular, occurring in tissue of lateral inflorescence units and carpels. Indumentum dense, occurring on all surfaces except staminodes and staminal appendages. Subsidiary cells of stomata often divided several times.

Etymology

Hirsute (Latin): covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs (Stearn 1998).

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous
Cenomanian-Turonian

Locality

Kazakhstan
Sarbay Quarry, near the town Rudnyy, Northern Kazakhstan (52°58′00″N, 63°07′00″E)