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Paranymphaea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae : Paranymphaea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae : Paranymphaea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Paranymphaea E.W.Berry, 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Paranymphaea aristolochiaformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Paranymphaea crassifolia ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 56 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 56.8 Ma Paleocene | |
| Paranymphaea hastata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paranymphaea proteaefolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1935 | Paranymphaea Berry |
| 1937 | Paranymphaea Berry |
| 1977 | Paranymphaea Hickey |
| 1993 | Paranymphaea McIver and Basinger |
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!
