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Proxapertites

Angiospermae - Araceae

Taxonomy
Proxapertites was named by Van der Hammen (1956). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Monocotyledoneae by Van der Hammen (1956); to Magnoliophyta by Archangelsky (1973); to Araceae by Scafati et al. (2009), Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo (2021), Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2023); and to Arecaceae by Vallati et al. (2020), Pérez Pincheira and Garrido (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Proxapertites Van der Hammen
1973Proxapertites Archangelsky
2009Proxapertites Scafati et al.
2020Proxapertites Vallati et al. p. 5
2021Proxapertites Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2023Proxapertites Huang et al.
2023Proxapertites Perez Loinaze et al.
2024Proxapertites Pérez Pincheira and Garrido p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyAraceaede Jussieu 1789
genusProxapertitesVan 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. †Proxapertites Van der Hammen 1956
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†Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
†Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
†Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
†Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
†Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
†Proxapertites tertiaria Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
†Proxapertites verrucatus Sarmiento 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Pollen grain diameter10.013

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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 119.57000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (323 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (149927)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. operculatus (195707)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. operculatus (231747)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) P. sp. (238219 238220 238221 238222 238224 238225 238232 238240)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (233992)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Sudan P. operculatus (192391)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria (Gombe) P. miniporatus (163729)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. operculatus (31653 199410)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Pakistan (Sindh) P. operculatus, P. cursus (237270 237271)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) P. spp. (235471 235472 235474 235475 235478)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. operculatus (138378 167922 239892) P. sp. (152264 172885 172887 172890 172893)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (231235 231240 231561 231562)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Pakistan (Sindh) P. cursus (237098 237102 237104 237105 237126 237127 237128 237157 237187 237197 237202) P. operculatus (237107 237108 237120 237122 237123 237124 237159 237161 237164 237165 237168 237171 237175 237177 237182 237183 237184 237185 237186 237189 237191 237192 237193 237194 237195 237196 237198 237200 237201) P. operculatus, P. cursus (237099 237129 237166 237169 237173 237178) P. sp. A - psilate, P. cursus (237096 237106) P. sp. A - psilate, P. operculatus (237181 237190) P. sp. A - psilate, P. operculatus, P. cursus (237125)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) P. operculatus, P. cursus (151712) P. sp., P. operculatus (151714 151719) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. cursus (151711 151713 151715 151716 151718 151721 151725) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. maracaiboensis (151717 151722 151724 151835) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. maracaiboensis (151720 151723)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Pakistan (Punjab) P. operculatus (237263 237264)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) P. spp. (231044 231046)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (149172)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Pakistan (Sindh) P. operculatus (237269) P. operculatus, P. cursus (237268)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) P. operculatus (151733 151738 151741 151742 151744 151745 151760 151761 151763) P. operculatus, P. cursus (151752 151753 151755) P. sp., P. operculatus (150343 151726 151732 151747 151748) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. cursus (150339 150340 150341 150344 151727 151729 151735 151736 151739 151740 151743 151746 151749 151750 151751 151754 151756 151757 151758 151759 151762 151764) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. maracaiboensis (150342 151734) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. maracaiboensis (151731)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Colombia (Norte de Santander) P. operculatus (136752)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Colombia P. cursus, P. magnus (28416) P. operculatus (28566) P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. humbertoides (28417) P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. humbertoides, P. magnus (28433 28440 28563 28565) P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. magnus (28435 28436 28438 28564) P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. magnus, P. psilatus (28434) P. operculatus, P. humbertoides, P. magnus, P. psilatus (28439) P. operculatus, P. magnus (28567 28568)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Colombia P. humbertoides, P. psilatus (28773 28774) P. humbertoides, P. verrucatus (29151) P. magnus (29080) P. operculatus (28771) P. operculatus, P. cursus, P. magnus (28770) P. verrucatus (29145 29147)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Colombia (Norte de Santander) P. operculatus (136759) P. operculatus, P. tertiaria (136756)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Venezuela (Zulia) P. operculatus (151766 151778 151780 151782 151785 151788 151789 151795 151798 151805 151806 151813 151814 151815 151817 151818 151819 151820 151821 151822 151823 151824 151825 151826 151827 151828 151829 151830 151831 151833 151834) P. operculatus, P. cursus (151768 151771 151773 151774 151775 151781 151783 151800 151801 151802 151803 151804 151808 151809 151811 151812 151832) P. sp., P. operculatus (151779 151786 151791 151816) P. sp., P. operculatus, P. cursus (151765 151767 151769 151770 151772 151776 151777 151784 151787 151790 151792 151793 151794 151796 151799)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) P. sp. (55494)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) P. spp. (236398 236400 236401 236403 236404 236504)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Colombia (Norte de Santander) P. operculatus (136828 136918)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Colombia P. cursus (28862 29155) P. humbertoides (29074) P. magnus, P. psilatus (28861 28864) P. operculatus (29077 29078 29148 29149 29157) P. operculatus, P. cursus (28863) P. operculatus, P. humbertoides, P. psilatus (28775) P. operculatus, P. psilatus (29073) P. psilatus (28865 28866 29079 29154)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) P. spp. (232646 232953 233001 233002)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar (Sagaing) P. sp., P. operculatus (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) P. operculatus (227646 227647 227651 227652 227666 227668 227669 227670 227672 227697 227720 227721 227780 227783 227785 227800 227801 227802) P. sp. (227700 227805 227806) P. sp., P. operculatus (227632 227633 227634 227648 227650 227661 227662 227663 227664 227665 227667 227671 227673 227674 227675 227676 227710 227714 227724 227781 227782 227787 227788 227803 227804 227807)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Peru (Loreto) P. minutus, P. psilatus (144474)