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Robinia ✝
Description | Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America and Gilgit Baltistan . Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4–25 metres (13–82 ft) tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Camerospongiidae : Robinia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosa : Camerospongiidae : Robinia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Robinia Finks, Hollocher & Thies, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Article title: A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 2.6 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lychniscosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lychniscosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, K. Hollocher, and K. J. Thies. 2011. A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina). Journal of the Carolina Academy of Science 127(2):39-175 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Robinia striatopunctata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2011 | Robinia Finks 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!