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Herkosporites ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : Herkosporites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Selaginellaceae : Herkosporites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Herkosporites L.E.Stover, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. D. Barreda, N. R. Cúneo, and P. Wilf, E. D. Currano, R. A. Scasso, H. Brinkhuis. 2012. Cretaceous/Paleogene Floral Turnover in Patagonia: Drop in Diversity, Low Extinction, and a Classopollis Spike. PLoS ONE 7(12):e52455 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Herkosporites elliottii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Herkosporites proxistriatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1973 | Herkosporites Stover and Partridge |
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!
