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Orites ✝
| Description | Orites is a genus of 9 known species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orites, 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 : Proteales : Proteaceae : Orites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Proteaceae : Orites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Orites R.Br. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. C. Gonzalez, M. A. Gandolfo, and M. C. Zamaloa, N. R. Cúneo, P. Wilf, K. R. Johnson. 2007. Revision of the Proteaceae macrofossil record from Patagonia, Argentina. The Botanical Review 73(3):235-266 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Orites acicularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites bivascularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Orites diversifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites excelsa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites excelsoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Orites fiebrigii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites lancifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites milliganii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites milliganoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Orites myrtoidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites myrtoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites revoluta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites scleromorpha ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Orites sleumeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites teretifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orites truncata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Patagua Poeppig ex Baillon, 1871 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Proteaceae : Patagua |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1810 | Orites Brown |
| 1995 | Orites Jordan |
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!
