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Text-fig.
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<paragraph id="8B8AD5270837FFDCA70190F0D28AFD10" blockId="3.[820,1459,663,719]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">M a t e r i a l. One specimen, USNM PAL 772340, preserved in translucent chalcedony.</paragraph>
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D e s c r i p t i o n. Endocarp lozenge-like, elongateelliptic in face view (
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Text-fig.
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), narrowly elongateelliptic in lateral view (
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) with long, slightly convex, sides; narrowly elliptic in cross section (Textfig. 1kn).
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long,
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wide and
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thick; bilaterally symmetrical; the plane of symmetry running longitudinally, bisecting the width. Surface of endocarp smooth, with a very faint median longitudinal lineation. In cross section, a central reniform locule
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wide by
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high is present, surrounded by 6 smaller cavities on the dorsal and lateral flanks, ranging from nearly circular to more elliptic (2 ×
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to 3 ×
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), separated by
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thick walls (
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). The endocarp wall is
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thick. The translucent dorsal surface reveals that the endocarp cavities are longitudinally elongate, dorsal and lateral to the locule, and are linked in a network via transverse cross-cavities (
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Text-fig.
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). The ventral side of the endocarp, below the central locule, is infilled by chalcedony with only a hint of a pair of cavities. Both the apical and basal ends of the endocarp are marked by paired, round to elliptical concavities, separated by a median wall and an overhanging dorsal beak (
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). These concavities, or apertures, measure 3 ×
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at the apical end and 2.5 ×
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at the base. The apertures link to the network of elongate and cross cavities within the endocarp wall. Some of the cavities are filled with sand and clay while others remain empty (
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Text-fig.
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). No cellular structure is discernable.
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D i s c u s s i o n. This fossil conforms closely to
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(tribe
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,
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,
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) and further detailed by
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from the middle Eocene Clarno flora of
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. The single specimen falls approximately in the middle of the size range of the Clarno specimens.We illustrate examples of well-preserved specimens from the Clarno Nut Beds for comparison (
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). The convex surface
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Text-fig. 1. cf.
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genus indet. Chalcedony cast of possible fruit segment, USNM PAL 772339. a: Lateral view, reflected light, palladium coated. bf: Micro-CT scan surface renderings. b, c: Lateral views illustrating striations, d: Median longitudinal digital section showing the pronounced concavity at apex and indentation at base. e: Apical view, with inrolled margin. f: Basal view. gn:
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cast of endocarp, USNM PAL 772340.
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g: Ventral view of semi-translucent endocarp, with faint silhouette of interconnected lacunae, reflected and transmitted light, uncoated. h, i: Dorsal and lateral views, micro-CT scan surface rendering. j: Virtual median longitudinal section in dorsi-ventral plane intercepting rows of lacunae within the endocarp wall. k: Apical, l: basal views, reflected light. m: Apical view, cf. (k), micro-CT scan surface rendering. n: Physical transverse section in the plane of saw cut seen in (gj), reflected light. Note remains of curved locule in center and surrounding lacunae. or:
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from the
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locality in the
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for comparison, surface and sectional views from micro-CT scanning. o:
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section showing central locule surrounded by endocarp with prominent lacunae, including a pair of ventral lacunae adjacent to the concave surface of the locule,
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. p:
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specimen, surface rendering of the basal end with prominent pair of apertures and median groove. q:
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view of specimen fractured to show boat-shaped locule cast surrounded by fragmentary remains of the endocarp,
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. r: Same specimen in virtual transverse section, showing lacunae surrounding the locule in arrangement similar to that of (n). Scale bars =
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of the locule coincides with the endocarp dorsal surface. The presence of apical and basal paired apertures (
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) leading to six reticulated, dorsal-lateral, channels in the endocarp (
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) matches the condition in the Clarno specimens (
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). A physical transverse section of the Wagon Bed specimen intercepted some of these channels (
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), which are also seen in X-ray imagery, for example in virtual longitudinal section (Textfig. 1i). However, the Wagon Bed specimen does not clearly show the two ventral (condylar) lacunae seen in the Clarno specimens (
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). We interpret this as an artifact of preservation whereby chalcedony entered the basal and/or apical apertures and infilled these lacunae after the endocarp wall had disintegrated and been infilled with chalcedony forming the initial cast. A very faint medial hairline groove on the ventral surface (text-fig. 1h) resembles the median longitudinal line seen in the Clarno specimens (
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;
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). The locule is not fully preserved, but appears to conform to the flattened, boat shaped, locule of
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R.A.SCOTT
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(
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). The absence of cellular detail precludes further anatomical interpretation.
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This is the first report of
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beyond the Clarno Formation, extending its range to the Rocky Mountains in the middle Eocene. Endocarps of
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are common in the Eocene of the Northern Hemisphere, and are generically diverse in the Clarno (
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), London Clay (
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), Messel (
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) and Le Quesnoy (
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) floras, among others. Today, the
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are the most diverse tribe of the family and are pantropical with more temperate outliers (
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). Extant genera are readily distinguishable from each other on the basis of fruit morphology (e.g.,
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). Within the
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA4A8D60831FFDAA64596C3D4ADFB63" author="Scott, R. A." box="[542,670,1188,1212]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" pagination="66 - 97" refId="ref26222" refString="Scott, R. A. (1954): Fossil fruits and seeds from the Eocene Clarno Formation. - Palaeontographica, Abt. B., Palaophytologie, 96: 66 - 97." type="journal article" year="1954">Scott (1954</bibRefCitation>
,
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) suggested that extant
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MIERS
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, a climbing vine of Indomalaysia, possessed the most similar living endocarp, although they differ greatly in size and sculpture (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA4A8D60831FFDAA6EB9762D691FAE1" author="Scott, R. A." pageId="5" pageNumber="56" pagination="74 - 81" refId="ref26258" refString="Scott, R. A. (1956): Evolution of some endocarpal features in the tribe Tinosporeae (Menispermaceae). - Evolution, 10: 74 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1558 - 5646.1956. tb 02831. x" type="journal article" year="1956">Scott 1956</bibRefCitation>
,
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). It is noteworthy that the family is dominated by vines and climbing shrubs, suggesting that the vegetation at the Wagon Bed locality offered a sufficiently forested environment for lianas.
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