Nothophylica piloburmensis (Shi, S.Wang et M.S.Engel) Beurel, Bachelier, A.R.Schmidt et Sadowski

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003069

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3069

Authors: S. Beurel, J. B. Bachelier, A. R. Schmidt & E. M. Sadowski

Rank: species

Basionym: Phylica piloburmensis Shi, S.Wang et M.S.Engel in Shi, Dong, Zhang, Long, Tihelka, Song, Feng, Jiang, Cai, Lombard, Li, Yuan, Zhu, Yang, Liu, Xiang, Zhao, Long, Schneider, Zhang, Peng, Li, Fan, Engel, Wang & Spicer

Genus: Nothophylica Beurel, Bachelier, A.R.Schmidt et Sadowski

Reference: Beurel, S., Bachelier, J. B., Schmidt, A. R. & Sadowski, E. M. (2024): Novel three-dimensional reconstructions of presumed Phylica (Rhamnaceae) from Cretaceous amber suggest Lauralean affinities. – Nature Plants : 1–5., link

Page of description: 3

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves slightly wider (1.5–2.0 mm wide, 4.5–8.0 mm long) and both ad- and abaxial sides covered with simple linear hairs. Flowers not single but forming a capitulum. Petals present.
Fruit covered with dense indumentum. A complete description is provided in Supplementary Note 2.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a combination of the Greek term pîlos (πῖλος, meaning ‘hair’) and burmensis (itself a combina-tion of Burma and the Latin suffix -ensis, denoting place).

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Earliest Cenomanian, 98.79 Ma ± 0.62 (ca. 99) Ma.

Locality

Myanmar/Burma
Tanaing mines