Groenlandia pescheri sp. nov. (Potamogetonaceae)
from the Late Oligocene Fossil-Lagerstätte Enspel
(Westerwald, Germany)
| 1 | Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany |
| 2 | Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Universität Tübingen, Sigwartstraße 10,
72076 Tübingen, Germany |
| 3 | Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe RLP, Direktion Landesarchäologie/Erdgeschichte, Niederberger Höhe 1,
56077 Koblenz, Germany |
Online publication date: 2018-06-19
Publication date: 2018-06-19
Acta Palaeobotanica 2018; 58(1): 61–72
ABSTRACT
The new species Groenlandia pescheri D. Uhl & Poschmann sp. nov., belonging to the family
Potamogetonaceae, is described from the Late Oligocene Fossil-Lagerstätte Enspel (Westerwald, Germany). The
species is characterized by sub-oppositely arranged leaves without observable stipule-like appendages at the leaf
bases and a very thin exocarp (both characteristics of the aquatic genus Groenlandia J. Gay) with a spiked crest
(which differs from the only other species included in this genus, the modern Groenlandia densa (L.) Four.). The
taxon represents the first pre-Quaternary record of the genus Groenlandia, which is usually regarded as a basal
sister group of all other Potamogetonaceae.
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