You are here
Araceae
Albertarum pueri Bogner, G.L. Hoffman & Aulenback
Nomenclature
-
Family: AraceaeGenus: Albertarum
Species:
Albertarum pueri Bogner, G.L. Hoffman & Aulenback
Reference:
Page number:
592
Etymology:
The specific epithet honours the finder, an unknown boy who visited the collecting site.
Type information:
HOLOTYPUS: TMP 2001.51.01, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
TYPE LOCALITY: The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 2001 Day Digs site (12U0377631, UTM 5704236).
STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower Horseshoe Canyon Formation between Coal Zones 7 and 8 (Fig. 1).
AGE: Late Cretaceous, Latest Campanian; approximately 72 Ma.
SUMMARY
FOSSIL
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION: Infructescence stipitate, subglobose, about 2.0 cm in length and 2.5 cm in width. Flowers bisexual, perigoniate, about 6.0–7.0 mm in diameter; tepals 6, fornicate, imbricate. Gynoecium with a trilocular ovary, one ovule per locule, placentation apical parietal or possibly mid-axial. Stylar region attenuate, about 4.0 mm in length. Seed ellipsoid, about 3.0 mm in length and 1.8–2.0 mm in diameter, slightly arched. Testa about 0.25–0.30 mm thick, prominently ribbed. Raphe present, inset between ribs on ventral face, extending the length of the seed.