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Knightiophyllum
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Proteaceae : Knightiophyllum | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Knightiophyllum | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Knightiophyllum Ettingshausen, 1887 | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dilcher and B. Mehrotra. 1969. A study of leaf compressions of Knightiophyllum from Eocene deposits of southeastern North America. American Journal of Botany 56(8):936-943 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Knightiophyllum wilcoxianum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene |
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!