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Dioscorea wilkinii
Taxonomy
Dioscorea wilkinii was named by Pan et al. (2014) [DIOSCOREA SECTION LASIOPHYTON ULINE 1897.
Fragments range in size from 48 to 89 mm in length and 44.0 to 75.5 mm in maximum width. The estimated leaflet length to width ratio is 1–1.25 : 1. ]. It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by C. Jaramillo on 2015-05-18
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Dioscorea wilkinii Pan et al. pp. 18 - 20 figs. 1 - 4 |
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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.
†Dioscorea wilkinii Pan et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Ethiopia | Dioscorea wilkinii (169320) |