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Arecipites waitakiensis ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecipites : Arecipites waitakiensis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Arecales : Arecipites : Arecipites waitakiensis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Arecipites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Arecipites waitakiensis Mildenhall & Pocknall, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 61.6 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 61.6 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Askin. 1994. Monosulcate angiosperm pollen from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian-Danian) of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 81:151-164 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1989 | Arecipites waitakiensis Mildenhall and Pocknall |
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!