Euryale sukaczevii is a fossil species of Euryale from the Miocene of Omsk, Russia, and possibly Germany.
Description The ovoid, 6.9–11.8 mm long, and 6.5–9.1 mm wide seeds have a thick, crumpled testa.П.И.Дорофеев. (1963). Третичные флоры Западной Сибири. p. 176.
Taxonomy It was first published as Euryale sukaczevii by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1959.Euryale sukaczevii P.I. Dorof. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=B235FA51-6A29-44FC-AECE-A75C3D43559C It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus Palaeoeuryale , of which it is the type species, as Palaeoeuryale sukaczevii published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in 1972.Ископаемые цветковые растения СССР: Том 1 Magnoliaceae-Eucommiaceae. p. 70. (1974). Russland: Изд-во "Наука", Ленинградское отд-ние.Palaeoeuryale sukaczevii (P.I. Dorof.) P.I. Dorof. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=7CBE77BF-3B3B-4199-8922-C8F5A98E8EDC Later it was proposed to move it to the genus Pseudoeuryale as Pseudoeuryale sukaczevii published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022.Pseudoeuryale sukaczevii (P.I. Dorof.) Doweld. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=D29D1C2A-A104-3684-9595-7A55A121F71EDoweld A.B. 2022. New names of fossil Nymphaeaceae and allied forms. Geophytology 52(1&2): 1–28.
Distribution It occurred in Russia, and possibly in Germany.Gregor, H. J., Sachse, M., & Schmitt, H. (2012). Die neue miozäne Fundstelle Falkenberg bei Vilsbiburg in der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns–ein vorläufiger Bericht. Documenta naturae, 187, 1-13.
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