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Quercophyllum

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4908045https://www.gbif.org/species/4908045
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)54750https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54750
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Quercophyllum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Quercophyllum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
genusQuercophyllumFontaine 1889
Scientific NameQuercophyllum Fontaine, 1889
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Quercophyllum chinkapinense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Quercophyllum grossedentatum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Quercophyllum platanoides
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
148.6 Ma
Eocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Quercophyllum tenuinerve
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Quercophyllum wyomingense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

References

MacGinitie H. D. (1941) A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534, 1-178
Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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