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Heterocolpites

Angiospermae - Myrtales

Taxonomy
Heterocolpites was named by Van der Hammen (1956). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Heterocolpites palaeocenica.

It was assigned to Magnoliophyta by Salard-Cheboldaeff (1978); and to Myrtales by Huang et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Heterocolpites Van der Hammen
1978Heterocolpites Salard-Cheboldaeff
2023Heterocolpites Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
classDicotyledoneae
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
genusHeterocolpitesVan der Hammen 1956

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Heterocolpites Van der Hammen 1956
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†Heterocolpites laevigatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
†Heterocolpites palaeocenica Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
†Heterocolpites paluster González-Guzmán 1967
†Heterocolpites pseudostriatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
†Heterocolpites verrucatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 58.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia (Norte de Santander) H. palaeocenica (136752)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia (Norte de Santander) H. paluster (136759) H. paluster, H. palaeocenica (136756)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia (Norte de Santander) H. paluster (136828 136918)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) H. combretoides (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) H. combretoides (227632 227633 227648 227665 227671 227673 227675 227697 227709 227710 227714 227781 227801 227802 227806) H. sp. (227785 227803) H. sp., H. combretoides (227664 227666)