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Dacrydiumites ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Dacrydiumites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Dacrydiumites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dacrydiumites Harris, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21):181-209 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dacrydiumites florinii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1965 | Dacrydiumites Harris |
1974 | Dacrydiumites Archangelsky and Romero |
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!