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Whittleseya ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Whittleseya | ||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 318 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dilcher, T. A. Lott, and B. J. Axsmith. 2005. Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama. Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama | ||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Whittleseya elegans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1853 | Whittleseya Newberry |
| 2005 | Whittleseya Dilcher et al. p. 163 |
References
| Dilcher D. L., Lott T. A., et al (2005) Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama, Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama |
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!
