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Ptychodiscaceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Dinophyceae : Ptychodiscales : Ptychodiscaceae | ||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. S. Deaf, I. C. Harding, and J. E. A. Marshall. 2014. Cretaceous (Albian–?early Santonian) palynology and stratigraphy of the Abu Tunis 1x borehole,northern Western Desert, Egypt. Palynology 38(1):51-77 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dinogymnium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1899 | Ptychodiscaceae Lemmermann |
1993 | Ptychodiscaceae Fensome |
References
Deaf A. S., Harding I. C., et al (2014) Cretaceous (Albian–?early Santonian) palynology and stratigraphy of the Abu Tunis 1x borehole,northern Western Desert, Egypt, Palynology 38 1, 51-77 |
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!