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Trapa ✝
| Description | The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as buffalo nut, bat nut, devil pod, ling nut, lin kok, ling kio nut, mustache nut or singhada. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapa, 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 : Myrtales : Lythraceae : Trapa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Myrtales : Trapaceae : Trapa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Trapa L. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Sjönöt (släktet), Sjönötter, Wassernuss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapa |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Trapa alabamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapa angulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 56.8 Ma Paleocene | |
| Trapa cuneata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapa incisa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapa microphylla species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trapa mohgaoensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Trapa natans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapa occidentalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapa wilcoxensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1977 | Trapa Hickey |
| 2000 | Trapa Mabberley |
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!
