Euryale yunnanensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Late Miocene of Yunnan, China.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.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.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
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.
Taxonomy It was published by Yongjiang Huang and Zhekun Zhou in 2015.†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 The type specimen was collected from the Shuitangba village in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China.
Etymology The specific epithet yunnanensis refers Yunnan, China.
Ecology It is an aquatic plant.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.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.
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