Liriodendroidea asiatica Frumin et E.M.Friis

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002872

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2872

Authors: S. I. Frumin & E. M. Friis

Rank: species

Genus: Liriodendroidea Erw.Knobloch et Mai

Reference: Frumin, S. I. & Friis, E. M. (1999): Magnoliid reproductive organs from the Cenomanian-Turonian of north-western Kazakhstan: Magnoliaceae and Illiciaceae. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 216(3–4): 265–288., link

Page of description: 270

Illustrations or figures: fig. 2a–g

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Seeds winged; main seed body (without wing) ovate to broadly ovate in outline, rounded or slightly angular at the base and with acuminate apex. Raphe narrow; raphe sinus broad and distinct, ovate in outline. Wing woody, thick, without secretory cells. Outer surface of seed faintly striate and rugose. Endotesta with two layers of strongly lignified palisade-shaped sclerenchyma cells with rare imprints of small, cubic crystals.

Etymology

From Asia where the fossils were collected.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous
Cenomanian-Turonian

Locality

Kazakhstan
Sarbay Quarry near the town of Rudnyy (Northern Kazakhstan)