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Sphenopteris latiloba
| Description | Sphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenopteris_latiloba, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris : Sphenopteris latiloba | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Sphenopteris latiloba | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Sphenopteris | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sphenopteris latiloba Fontaine, 1889 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenopteris_latiloba |
Fossil Distribution
References
| Lapasha C. A., Miller C. N. (1985) Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers, Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196, 111-145 |
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!
