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Vitreisporites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Vitreisporites | |||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 273 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||
| 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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| Vitreisporites pallidus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 62 | 252 Ma Permian | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Vitreisporites pustulosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Vitreisporites signatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Vitreisporites Leschik |
| 1982 | Vitreisporites Jarzen p. 16 |
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!
