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Myrciophyllum ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Myrtales : Myrtaceae : Myrciophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Myrtales : Myrtaceae : Myrciophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Myrciophyllum H.Engelhardt, 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. E. McIver and J. F. Basinger. 1993. Flora of the Ravenscrag Formation (Paleocene), Southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 10:1-85 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Myrciophyllum americanum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Myrciophyllum santacruzensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Myrciophyllum tucumanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1891 | Myrciophyllum Engelhardt |
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!