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Myrcia
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Myrcia | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. A. Menendez and M. A. Caccavari. 1966. Estructura epidermica de araucaria Nathorsti Dus. del Terciario de Pico Quemado, Rio Negro. Ameghiniana IV(6):195-199 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Myrcia nitens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
Myrcia reticulatovenosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
References
Menendez C. A., Caccavari M. A. (1966) Estructura epidermica de araucaria Nathorsti Dus. del Terciario de Pico Quemado, Rio Negro, Ameghiniana IV 6, 195-199 |
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!