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IRMNG taxon detailsCarpestella M. von Balthazar, K.R. Pedersen, P.R. Crane & E.M. Friis, 2008 †
fossil only
von Balthazar, M.; Pedersen, K. R.; Crane, P. R.; Friis, E. M. (2008). Carpestella lacunata gen. et sp. nov., a new basal angiosperm flower from the Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) of eastern North America. <em>International Journal of Plant Sciences.</em> 169(7): 890-898., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/589692 [details]
Taxonomic remark from von Balthazar et al., 2008: Comparisons with extant angiosperms demonstrate similarities with flowers of Nymphaeaceae...
Taxonomic remark from von Balthazar et al., 2008: Comparisons with extant angiosperms demonstrate similarities with flowers of Nymphaeaceae (especially Nymphaea) and also Illiciaceae (Illicium). The characters of the fossil may indicate that it represents a separate, now extinct phylogenetic lineage among the earliest branching lineages of extant angiosperms. Alternatively, the presence of septal slits, which links the fossil to Nymphaeaceae, makes it possible that the fossil is an extinct taxon within this family but distinct from all extant genera. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Carpestella M. von Balthazar, K.R. Pedersen, P.R. Crane & E.M. Friis, 2008 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451856 on 2024-10-14
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original description
von Balthazar, M.; Pedersen, K. R.; Crane, P. R.; Friis, E. M. (2008). Carpestella lacunata gen. et sp. nov., a new basal angiosperm flower from the Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) of eastern North America. <em>International Journal of Plant Sciences.</em> 169(7): 890-898., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/589692 [details]
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Taxonomic remark from von Balthazar et al., 2008: Comparisons with extant angiosperms demonstrate similarities with flowers of Nymphaeaceae (especially Nymphaea) and also Illiciaceae (Illicium). The characters of the fossil may indicate that it represents a separate, now extinct phylogenetic lineage among the earliest branching lineages of extant angiosperms. Alternatively, the presence of septal slits, which links the fossil to Nymphaeaceae, makes it possible that the fossil is an extinct taxon within this family but distinct from all extant genera. [details]Type species as cited Carpestella lacunata [details] |
