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Nelumbo puertae

Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

Taxonomy
Nelumbo puertae was named by Gandolfo and Cuneo (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-Pb-Mz 864-A and B, a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón del Irupé, which is in a Cretaceous/Paleocene marginal marine siliciclastic/siliciclastic in Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. peltata, N. weymouthi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Nelumbo puertae Gandolfo and Cuneo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyNelumbonaceaeRichard 1827
genusNelumboAdanson 1763
speciespuertae

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.

†Nelumbo puertae Gandolfo and Cuneo 2005
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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 Cretaceous to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 100.50000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Nelumbo puertae (type locality: 195707)