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Compositoipollenites

Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae

Taxonomy
Compositoipollenites was named by Potonié (1960). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Asteraceae by Chauhan (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Compositoipollenites Potonié
1991Compositoipollenites Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Campanulids
orderAsterales
familyAsteraceae
genusCompositoipollenitesPotonié 1960

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. †Compositoipollenites Potonié 1960
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Compositoipollenites indicus Mathur and Chopra 1987
Compositoipollenites tarragoensis Truswell and Owens 1988
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (166741)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) C. rhizophorus (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) C. rhizophorus (235254)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) C. sp. (237091)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. tarragoensis (143492)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) C. tarragoenis (169355 169356)