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Calycites
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Asteraceae : Calycites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Compositae : Calycites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Calycites Massalongo, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calycites alatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites ardtunensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites cinnamomeus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites davillaformia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites middendorfensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites mikanoides species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Calycites milanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites obovatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites ostryaformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites pateraeformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites polysepta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites puryearensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites quinquespalus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites rhizophoroides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites ripleyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites sexpartitus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calycites verbenaceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Calycites MacGinitie |
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!
