Euryale limburgensis


Euryale limburgensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Tegelen, Limburg Province, Netherlands, from the lower Pleistocene of Greece, from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Italy, and from the Pliocene of France.

Description

The seeds are 9 mm long, and 7 mm wide. The testa is granulate.

Taxonomy

It was first published as Euryale europaea by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in September 1907. It was published later than Euryale europaea published by Carl Albert Weber in April 1907. Therefore, it was changed to Euryale limburgensis published by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in July 1910. The type locality is Tegelen, Limburg Province, the Netherlands. It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus Pseudoeuryale as Pseudoeuryale limburgensis published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in October 1972.

Distribution

It occurred in the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, and France.