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Morphotype: RP244

Name (Author): Palaeocarpinus barksdaleae Pigg, et al

Organ: Winged seed      Rarity: Rare

Family: Betulaceae   Order: Fagales

Specimen #: UWBM 97107   Category: Holomorphotype

Diagnostic Features:
Elliptic to ovate nutlet surrounded by two flattened bracts. Bracts have spiny teeth around the perimeter. There are approximately 12 veins that radiate from the nutlet to the bract margin, connected by higher order veins to form a reticulate network.

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Source of Name: Pigg, Manchester & Wehr, 2003

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