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Sphagnumsporites ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Bryophyta : Sphagnopsida : Sphagnales : Sphagnaceae : Sphagnumsporites | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Bryophyta : Sphagnaceae : Sphagnumsporites | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Sphagnumsporites G.V.Raatz ex R.Potonié, 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1956 | Sphagnumsporites Raatz |
2009 | Sphagnumsporites Volkheimer 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!