Euryale limburgensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Tegelen, Limburg Province, Netherlands,[2] from the lower Pleistocene of Greece,[3] from the Pliocene[4] and Pleistocene of Italy,[5] and from the Pliocene of France.[6]
The seeds are 9mm long, and 7mm wide.[7] The testa is granulate.[8]
Taxonomy
It was first published as Euryale europaeaC. Reid, E. Reid. by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in September 1907. It was published later than Euryale europaeaC. A. Weber published by Carl Albert Weber in April 1907.[1] Therefore, it was changed to Euryale limburgensisC. Reid, E. Reid published by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in July 1910.[8][2] The type locality is Tegelen, Limburg Province, the Netherlands.[2] It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus PseudoeuryaleP.I. Dorof. as Pseudoeuryale limburgensis(C. Reid, E. Reid) P.I. Dorof. published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in October 1972 .[9]
Distribution
It occurred in the Netherlands,[2] Greece,[3] Italy,[5][4] and France.[6]
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