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Populites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Populites | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. B. Campbell. 1961. Information on the Chas. H. Sternberg, Cretaceous Plants, collection from tags on the specimens. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Populites elegans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Populites litigiosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1833 | Populites Viviani |
1970 | Populites Andrews |
References
Campbell C. B. (1961) Information on the Chas. H. Sternberg, Cretaceous Plants, collection from tags on the specimens |
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!