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Macginitiea gracilis

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Taxonomy
Macginitiea gracilis was named by Wolfe and Wehr (1987). It is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Macginitiea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Macginitiea gracilis Wolfe and Wehr pp. 14-15 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyPlatanaceaeLestiboudois 1826
genusMacginitieaWolfe and Wehr 1986
speciesgracilisWolfe and Wehr 1987

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.

†Macginitiea gracilis Wolfe and Wehr 1987
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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 Bartonian or 58.70000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Macginitiea gracilis (28638 28640 28641)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Macginitiea gracilis (28656)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Macginitiea gracilis (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Macginitiea gracilis (179231)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Macginitiea gracilis (28727 28728 28732)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Macginitiea gracilis (11537 11538)