Quercophyllum
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Quercophyllum | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Quercophyllum | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Quercophyllum Fontaine, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 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
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 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) | 1 | 48.6 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
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!