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Penetetrapites

Taxonomy
Penetetrapites was named by Hedlund and Norris (1968). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Magnoliophyta by Hedlund and Norris (1968).

Species
P. incipiens, P. mollis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. inconspicuous

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Penetetrapites Hedlund and Norris

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
RankNameAuthor
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumMagnoliophytaCronquist et al.
genusPenetetrapitesHedlund and Norris 1968

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. †Penetetrapites Hedlund and Norris 1968
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†Penetetrapites incipiens de Lima 1989
†Penetetrapites mollis Hedlund and Norris 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Danian or 119.57000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) P. mollis (150515)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Morocco (Tarfaya) P. mollis (144143)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) P. mollis (207022)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) P. mollis (22655 22659 36264 55352)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) P. inconspicuous (73891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (234420 234421 234422 234572 234574 234576 234585 234586 234587 234588 234589 234599 234603 234615 234616 234618 234619)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (234577 234578 234580 234581 234582 234584 234590 234591 234593 234596 234597 234605 234607 234608 234610 234612 234613 234614 234623 234624 234625 234626 234627 234628)