Zlivifructus vachae Heřmanová, Dašková et J.Kvaček in Heřmanová, Dašková, Ekrt & Kvaček

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000617

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:617

Authors: Z. Heřmanová, J. Dašková & J. Kvaček

Rank: species

Genus: Zlivifructus Heřmanová, Dašková et J.Kvaček in Heřmanová, Dašková, Ekrt & Kvaček

Reference: Heřmanová, Z., Dašková, J., Ekrt, B. & Kvaček, J. (2017): Zlivifructus gen. nov., a new member of the Normapolles complex. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 246: 177–184.

Page of description: 181

Illustrations or figures: pls I–III

Name is type for

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Fruits round or elliptical in outline, length generally exceeding width. Lateral tepals triangular, medial tepals broadly triangular. Fruit wall consists of three layers. Surface of fruit has irregular cells and unicellular trichomes.

Etymology

From Petr Vácha, the father of Zuzana Heřmanová who significantly supported our investigations in South Bohemian Cretaceous.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous
Klikov Formation, Late Cretaceous (late Turonian–Santonian)

Locality

Czech Republic
Třebeč TSv-5 borehole 106.5–107 m