Craspedodromophyllum betuloides, 2011

Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2011, The Late Eocene Flora Of Kučlín Near Bílina In North Bohemia Revisited, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 67 (3 - 4), pp. 83-144 : 106

Craspedodromophyllum betuloides

KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS sp. n.

Pl. 13, figs 1-2

H o l o t y p e: DB KUC 4 reproduced in pl. 13, fig.1

Leaf long petiolate with petiole 12 mm long, sidewards bent, lamina triangulate broadly ovate, 50 mm wide, 60 mm long, margin double serrate, teeth coarse, weakly differentiated, sharp, moderately spaced, venation craspedodromous, midrib stout, straight, secondaries in 4 pairs, straight, at angles of 40–50°, rarely forked near margin, basal pair starting on the very lamina base, tertiaries weak, irregularly disposed.

D i s c u s s i o n: This enigmatic leaf morphotype recalls a foliage of a common birch except marginal wider and coarse teeth.

M a t e r i a l: DB KUC 4.