| Euryale yunnanensis Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Euryale |
| Species: | †E. yunnanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Euryale yunnanensis Y. Huang & Z. Zhou | |
Euryale yunnanensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Late Miocene of Yunnan, China.
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. 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.
References
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- 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
- †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
- 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.