Menispermites vasetskii Philippova

Menispermites vasetskii Philippova

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1993 Menispermites vasetskii Philippova ; Philippova and Abramova, p. 122, pl. 32, fig. 1,

pl.38, figure 5, 6, pl. 40, figure 4, pl. 56, figure 5, pl. 57, figure 1, 2. Holotype. Specimen TFGI 622-1 - 40 /225a, North-East of Russia, Bystraya River , Krivorechenskaya Formation , upper Albian –lower Turonian; Philippova and Abramova , 1993, pl. 32, fig. 1. Diagnosis (presented here). Leaves entire, broadly ovate, with cordate or truncate base and rounded or acute apex; margin dentate; teeth evenly spaced, high, triangular, with rounded apex; sinuses rounded; venation palmate, craspedodromous, with 5–7 basal veins, midvein with 1–2 pairs of dichotomizing secondary branches in upper part; lateral veins dichotomously branching 2–3 times.

Range and occurrence. North-East of Russia, Krivorechenskaya Formation, upper Albian–lower Turonian.