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Oncoba variabilis

Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae

Taxonomy
Cucumites variabilis was named by Bowerbank (1840). It is not extant. Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Sheppey, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Oncoba variabilis by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cucumites variabilis Bowerbank p. 91 figs. Plate 13, Figs. 1-34
1961Oncoba variabilis Chandler p. 78
1964Oncoba variabilis Chandler p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderViolales
familyFlacourtiaceaeRichard and Candolle 1824
genusOncobaForsskål
speciesvariabilis()

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.

Oncoba variabilis Bowerbank 1840
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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 Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0United Kingdom (England) Oncoba variabilis (23315)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cucumites variabilis (type locality: 22811) Oncoba variabilis (21249 22806)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Oncoba variabilis (10703 10963)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany Oncoba variabilis (124431)