Euryale yunnanensis

Euryale yunnanensis Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Euryale
Species:	†E. yunnanensis
Binomial name
†Euryale yunnanensis Y. Huang & Z. Zhou [1]

Euryale yunnanensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Late Miocene of Yunnan, China. ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Description

The relatively small, elliptic or ellipsoidal, 5–8 mm long, and 4–6 mm wide seeds with a smooth surface have a circular germination cap. ^[1]

Taxonomy

It was published by Yongjiang Huang and Zhekun Zhou in 2015. ^{[1] [4]} The type specimen was collected from the Shuitangba village in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. ^[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet yunnanensis refers Yunnan, China. ^[1]

Ecology

It is an aquatic plant. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Huang, Y., Ji, X., Su, T., Wang, L., Deng, C., Li, W., ... & Zhou, Z. (2015). Fossil seeds of Euryale (Nymphaeaceae) indicate a lake or swamp environment in the late Miocene Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China. Science Bulletin, 60(20), 1768-1777.
2. Huang, Y. J., Ji, X. P., Su, T., Deng, C. L., Ferguson, D. K., Yu, T. S., ... & Zhou, Z. K. (2017). Habitat, climate and potential plant food resources for the late Miocene Shuitangba hominoid in Southwest China: Insights from carpological remains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 470, 63-71.
3. Euryale yunnanensis. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=A793A12E-9AB5-4703-B935-9C70EC5F182C
4. †Euryale yunnanensis Huang and Zhou 2015 (water lily). (n.d.). The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=453638
5. Wang, X., Grohé, C., Su, D. F., White, S. C., Ji, X., Kelley, J., ... & Yang, X. (2018). A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov.(Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 16(1), 39-65.
6. Li, P., Zhang, C., Guo, Z., Deng, C., Ji, X., Jablonski, N. G., ... & Zhu, R. (2019). Clay mineral assemblages in the Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China: implications for the late Miocene and Pliocene evolution of the South Asian monsoon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 516, 90-100.