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Araucariacites ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucariacites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucariacites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Araucariacites I.C.Cookson ex R.A.Couper, 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 197 - 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 3.6 Ma Neogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. Barreda and S. Palamarczuk. 2000. Palinoestratigrafía de depósitos del Oligoceno tardío-Mioceno en el área sur del Golfo San Jorge, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(1):103-117 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Araucariacites australis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 270 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Araucariacites fissus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Araucariacites guianensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Araucariacites hungaricus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Araucariacites limbatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Araucariacites pergranulatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1947 | Araucariacites Cookson |
| 1953 | Araucariacites Cookson and Couper |
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!
