Palmocarpon cretaceum, MIQUEL, 1853

Van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M., Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Johanna H. A., Renkens, Sjir & Hayes, Peta A., 2022, The Type Of Palmocarpon Cretaceum Miq., 1853 Described From The Cretaceous Of The Sint-Pietersberg, The Netherlands, Is An Eocene Nypa Burtinii (Brongn.) Ettingsh., 1879, Most Likely From The Brussels Area, Belgium, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 44-50 : 46

Palmocarpon cretaceum not on Bosquet’s lists

Curiously enough, Bosquet never mentioned Palmocarpon cretaceum in his detailed and annotated lists of fossils from the Maastrichtian type area (e.g., Bosquet 1860, 1879, 1881), neither as Palmocarpon cretaceum , nor synonymised. He included 11 other species described by Miquel (1853), omitting only a few indistinct fossils. Possibly, the foreign nature of Van Breda’s material was recognised only after its description. This is supported by the fact that the specimen does not occur under the name Palmocarpon cretaceum in the hand-written inventory of Van Breda’s collection and the “Aperçu général” (Anonymous [undated]: 13), but as “fruit figured by Miquel” and “fruit? figured and described by Prof. Miquel”, respectively. Countering this supposition, however, is that in the “Aperçu général” the locality is still given as Maastricht. Furthermore, if it was recognised as foreign, we do not understand why Bosquet did not correct Miquel.