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Dilwynites ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Dilwynites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Dilwynites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Dilwynites W.K.Harris, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Macphail, R. J. Carpenter, and A. Iglesias, P. Wilf. 2013. First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America. PLoS ONE 8(7):1-8 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dilwynites tuberculatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 28.4 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1965 | Dilwynites Harris |
| 2013 | Dilwynites Macphail et al. |
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!
