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Euryale carpatica

Euryale carpatica is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Poland.

Description

The 5.8 mm long, and 5.3 mm wide seed has a smooth, 0.6–0.7 mm thick testa.

Taxonomy

It was first published as Euryale carpatica by Władysław Szafer in 1947. It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus Pseudoeuryale as Pseudoeuryale carpatica published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022. The type specimen was found in Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Poland.

Etymology

The specific epithet carpatica references the Carpathian mountains.

Distribution

It occurred in Poland.

References