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Ornamentifera ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Gleicheniaceae : Ornamentifera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Gleicheniales : Gleicheniaceae : Ornamentifera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ornamentifera N.A.Bolchovitina, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. Perez Loinaze, S. Archangelsky, and G. Cladera. 2011. Palynostratigraphic study of the Early Cretaceous Río Mayer and Kachaike formations at the Quebrada El Moro Section, Austral Basin, southwestern Argentina. Cretaceous Research (34):161-171 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ornamentifera echinata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Ornamentifera minima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ornamentifera sentosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ornamentifera tuberculata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1966 | Ornamentifera Bolkhovitina |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
