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Grapnelispora ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Grapnelispora | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 61.6 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Grapnelispora evansii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Grapnelispora loncochensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Grapnelispora Stover and Partridge |
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!