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Lycopodium
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Lycopodiaceae : Lycopodium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. P. Kershaw. 1976. A Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen diagram from Lynch’s Crater, northeastern Queensland, Australia. New Phytologist 77:469-498 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1759 | Lycopodium Linnaeus |
References
Kershaw A. P. (1976) A Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen diagram from Lynch’s Crater, northeastern Queensland, Australia, New Phytologist 77, 469-498 |
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!