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Mauritiidites franciscoi minutus

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Mauritiidites franciscoi minutus was named by Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis (1966). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Slide V-I-92 Col. S.G.N. (sample HB-268), a seed repro (Pollen grain), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Mauritiidites franciscoi minutus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis p. 107 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
Monocots
RankNameAuthor
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusMauritiidites
speciesfranciscoivan Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
subspeciesminutus

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.

Mauritiidites franciscoi minutus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Van der Hammen and C. Garcia de Mutis 1966Pollen grains smaller (holotype 39 μ), echini relatively small, partly curved.
Measurements
partNmean
Pollen grain diameter10.039

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 Middle Eocene or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Colombia Mauritiidites franciscoi (28434 28439 28440 28563 28565 28567 28568)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Colombia Mauritiidites franciscoi (28773 29142 29143 29144 29151)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Colombia Mauritiidites franciscoi (28775 28862 28863 28864 28865 28866 29073 29074 29077 29078 29079)