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Nelumbo aureavallis ✝
| Description | Nelumbo aureavallis is an extinct species of flowering plants in the lotus family known from Ypresian age Eocene fossils found in western North Dakota, USA. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_aureavallis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Nelumbonaceae : Nelumbo : Nelumbo aureavallis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Nelumbonaceae : Nelumbo : Nelumbo aureavallis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Nelumbo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Nelumbo aureavallis Hickey, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 50.3 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_aureavallis |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1977 | Nelumbo aureavallis Hickey p. 123 figs. Pl. 20, fig. 6; Pl. 21, figs. 1-3, 5 |
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!
