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Thalassotaenia debeyi

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy
Thalassotaenia debeyi was named by van der Ham et al. (2007). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is NHMM LI 451 and 452, a leaf, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is CPL Quarry, Hallembaye (Lanaye Member), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal chert in the Gulpen Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Thalassotaenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Thalassotaenia debeyi van der Ham et al. p. 305 figs. Fig. 3; Plates I, 2–4; II; III; IV, 1–3; V, 1–3
2025Thalassotaenia debeyi Panti et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyHydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusThalassotaenia
speciesdebeyi

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.

†Thalassotaenia debeyi van der Ham et al. 2007
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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 Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Netherlands Thalassotaenia debeyi (123189)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liège) Thalassotaenia debeyi (78714)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Thalassotaenia debeyi (123178 123179 123180 123181 123183 123184 123185 123186)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Thalassotaenia debeyi (type locality: 123140 123142 123177)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Thalassotaenia debeyi (67133 123187 123188)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Limburg) Thalassotaenia debeyi (51521)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Thalassotaenia debeyi (32169)