USNM 37529 Castaliites crenatidentatus Hollick  

Notes

Hollick (1930)

Pl. 41 Fig. 4

 

 

Locality

From Hollick (1930) (p. 77-78)

"Coal Bluff, Herendeen Bay, Alaska Peninsula (original No. 31); collected by W. W. Atwood and H. M. Eakin in 1908 (lot 5185)."

 

Locality Map

 

Description

From Hollick (1930) (p. 77-78)

"Plate 41, Figure 4"

"Leaf apparently cordate, about 5 centimeters in length by 5 centimeters in maximum width; margin coarsely triangular-crenate-dentate, terminating above in a curved, wedge-shaped, acuminate apex; nervation apparently palmate-flabellate, craspedodrome, consisting of a main median nerve with obscurely defined secondary nerves springing from its upper part, and three dichotomously forked lateral primaries on each side."

 

Remarks

From Hollick (1930) (p. 77-78)

"It is with some hesitation that I have included this leaf in the genus Castaliites, as its fragmentary condition renders satisfactory comparison impossible. In general appearance it is suggestive of the problematic genus and species Protorrhipis buchi Andrae (1855) (p. 36, pl. 8, fig. 1) from the Jurassic of Hungary; but this reference is to be regarded merely as a suggestion, in view of the fragmentary condition of our specimen."