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Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus
Taxonomy
Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus was named by Jaramillo and Dilcher (2001) [Type locality: Río Negro river, near Uribe. PaleoDB number: 29159.
Paratypes: UFP 43, 6.7 x 112; UFP 9, 10.5 x 107.2; UFP 84, 5.3 x 9.7; UFP 48, 5.5 x 79.1.
Dimension in equatorial view.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UFP 87, 20.7 x 88.5, a microspore.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher |
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†Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher 2001 | Trilete, mid-sized (33-46 µm), cingulate, laesura simple, proximal face verrucate or granular, sometimes kyrtomate, distal face fossulate. |
Measurements
| part | N | mean | s.d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| microspore diameter | 17 | 0.038 | 0.003 |
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Rupelian or 59.24000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Colombia | Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus (28436 28439) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Colombia | Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus (28773) | |
| Middle Eocene | Colombia | Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus (28861 28865 29073 29074 29075 29078 29157 29158 29159) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus (144474) |