Canaliculidium Hedenäs, Bomfleur et E.M.Friis in Bomfleur, Hedenäs, Friis, Crane, Pedersen, Mendes & Kvaček

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003151

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3151

Authors: L. Hedenäs, B. Bomfleur & E. M. Friis

Rank: genus

Reference: Bomfleur, B., Hedenäs, L., Friis, E. M., Crane, P. R., Pedersen, K. R., Mendes, M. M. & Kvaček, J. (2023): Fossil Mosses from the Early Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil flora, Portugal – a window into the Mesozoic history of bryophytes. – Fossil Imprint 79(2): 103–125.

Page of description: 114

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves with a narrowly ovate base that narrows gradually towards leaf apex. Costa poorly differentiated, occupying more than half of the leaf width in the leaf base. Abaxial surface of the costa with a median longitudinal groove.

Etymology

From Latin canaliculus, small gutter. The name refers to the longitudinal groove of the abaxial costa.