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Vertebraria ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Peltaspermophyta : Arberiopsida : Arberiales : Vertebraria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 290 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2012. Proposals to conserve the name Vertebraria Royle ex McCoy (fossil Gymnospermae, Glossopteridales) against Vertebraria Roussel (Rhodymeniophyta) and Sphenophyllum indicum (V. indica) against V. australis and Clasteria australis. Taxon 61:1129-1131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Vertebraria australis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Vertebraria indica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 279 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Vertebraria radiata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1847 | Vertebraria McCoy p. 146 |
| 1849 | Clasteria Dana p. 719 |
| 1970 | Clasteria Andrews |
| 2012 | Vertebraria Doweld |
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!
