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Herkosporites elliottii ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : Herkosporites : Herkosporites elliottii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Selaginellaceae : Herkosporites : Herkosporites elliottii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Herkosporites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Herkosporites elliottii Stover, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. D. Barreda, N. R. Cúneo, and P. Wilf, E. D. Currano, R. A. Scasso, H. Brinkhuis. 2012. Cretaceous/Paleogene Floral Turnover in Patagonia: Drop in Diversity, Low Extinction, and a Classopollis Spike. PLoS ONE 7(12):e52455 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
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| 1973 | Herkosporites elliottii Stover |
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!
