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Sphaeripollenites ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cupressales : Sphaeripollenites | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Broglio Loriga, F. Goczan, and J. Haas, K. Lenner, C. Neri, AS Oravecz, R. Posenato, I. Szabo, AM Toth. 1990. The lower Triassic sequences of the Dolomites (Italy) and transdanubian mid-mountains (Hungary) and their correlation. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 42:41-103 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Sphaeripollenites elphinstonei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sphaeripollenites psilatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 65 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Sphaeripollenites scabratus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Sphaeripollenites Couper |
1990 | Sphaeripollenites Broglio Loriga et al. |
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!