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Thyrsopteris ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Thyrsopteris | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21):181-209 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Thyrsopteris elegans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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!