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Nyssapollenites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Nyssapollenites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. Barreda. 1997. Palynomorph assemblage of the Chenque Formation, Late Oligocene?-Miocene from Golfo San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Part 3. Polycolpate and tricolporate pollen. Ameghiniana 34(2):131-144 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Nyssapollenites albertensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nyssapollenites endobalteus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Nyssapollenites lanosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nyssapollenites lehmanii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nyssapollenites pachyexinus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nyssapollenites squamosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nyssapollenites triangulus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1937 | Nyssapollenites Thiergart |
| 2007 | Nyssapollenites Mahmoud and Schrank |
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!
