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Attalea
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Attalea | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. W. Berry. 1929. Eocene plants from Restin Formation of Peru. Reprinted from the Panamerican Geologist LI:240-245 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Attalea olssoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene |
References
Berry E. W. (1929) Eocene plants from Restin Formation of Peru, Reprinted from the Panamerican Geologist LI, 240-245 |
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!