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Milfordia ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Restionaceae : Milfordia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Restionales : Restionaceae : Milfordia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Milfordia G.Erdtman, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. Barreda and S. Palamarczuk. 2000. Palinomorfos continentales y marinos de la Formación Monte León en su área tipo, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(1):3-12 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Milfordia argentina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
Milfordia homeopunctata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
Milfordia incierta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1960 | Milfordia Erdtman |
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!