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Apteodinium ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Dinophyceae : Apteodinium | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Marenssi, V. Guler, and S. Casadío, R. Guerstein, O. Papú. 2004. Sedimentology and palynology of the Calafate Formation (Maastrichtian), Austral Basin, Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 25:907-918 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Apteodinium conjunctum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Apteodinium deflandrei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Apteodinium granulatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Apteodinium maculatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Apteodinium palliatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Apteodinium Eisenack |
1970 | Apteodinium Andrews |
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!