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Retispora ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Retispora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Selaginellales : Retispora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Retispora F.L.Staplin, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 365 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Burger. 1996. Mesozoic palynomorphs from the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia. Palynology 20:49-103 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Retispora triquetra ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Retispora Staplin |
| 1996 | Retispora Burger |
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!
