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Sterculia
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sterculia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. W. Berry. 1922. The flora of the Cheyenne Sandstone of Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 129(1):199-231 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Sterculia acuminataloba ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Sterculia mucronata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Sterculia patagonica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Sterculia platanoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Sterculia washburnii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1922 | Sterculia Berry |
2011 | Sterculia Jud |
References
Berry E. W. (1922) The flora of the Cheyenne Sandstone of Kansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 129 1, 199-231 |
Jud N. A. (2011) Unpublished taxonomic opinions |
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!