Nordenskioldia borealis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trochodendrales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Trochodendrales

Familia: Trochodendraceae
Genus: †Nordenskioldia

Species: N. borealis

Name

Nordenskioldia borealis (Heer) Crane, Machester, and Dilcher, 1991

Synonyms

• Diospyros brachysepala (Braun) Heer, 1868
• Ditaxocladus planiphyllus Guo & Sun, 1984

Type locality

Paleocene; "lowermost stratum", Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Type material

• Lectotype: Section for Paleobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden S.100666

References

• Crane P. R., Manchester, S. R., and Dilcher, D. L., 1991; "Reproductive and vegetative structure of Nordenskioldia (Trochodendraceae), a vesselless dicotyledon from the early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere." American Journal of Botany v. 78, p. 1311-1334