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Calycites
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Asteraceae : Calycites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Compositae : Calycites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Calycites Massalongo, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Calycites alatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites ardtunensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites cinnamomeus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites davillaformia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites middendorfensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites mikanoides species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Calycites milanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites obovatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites ostryaformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites pateraeformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites polysepta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites puryearensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites quinquespalus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites rhizophoroides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites ripleyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites sexpartitus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calycites verbenaceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1941 | Calycites MacGinitie |
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!