Ilex saxonica MAI

Dedicated in memory of the late FrantiŠek Holý (1935 - 1984), an eminent Czech palaeobotanist, Holý, František, Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2012, A Review Of The Early Miocene Mastixioid Flora Of The Kristina Mine At Hrádek Nad Nisou In North Bohemia (The Czech Republic), Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 68 (3 - 4), pp. 53-118 : 83-84

Ilex saxonica MAI

Pl. 9, fig. 18

1964 Ilex saxonica MAI , p. 33, pl. 2, figs 19-21, pl. 6, figs 7-8 (Wiesa).

1977a Ilex saxonica MAI ; Holý, p. 112 (Hrádek/N., Kristina Mine).

Stones 4.8–5.8 mm long, 2.2–2.7 mm wide, in side view elongate half-moon shaped, ventral edge straight to slightly concave, dorsal side rounded, sides joining at very sharp angle, apex rounded, base narrowed, high (to wing-like) thick ribs on dorsal and lateral sides, often anastomosing, forming deep lacunae, 1–2 wing ribs on sides ( Holý 1975, pp. 66-67, pl. 12, fig. 10).

D i s c u s s i o n: According to Holý (1975) the endocarps best match those of Ilex perado DC living on Madeira.

M a t e r i a l: 4 stones, G 3056.