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Myrtophyllum

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Taxonomy
Myrtophyllum was named by Heer (1869).

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Myrtaceae by Liu et al. (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Myrtophyllum Heer
1970Myrtophyllum Andrews
1996Myrtophyllum Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMyrtaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMyrtophyllumHeer 1869

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. †Myrtophyllum Heer 1869
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Myrtophyllum sapindoides Hollick 1912
Myrtophyllum torreyi Dorf 1942
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 Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 113.20000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) M. boreale (24895)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Russian Federation M. acuminata (34771 34792 34796 34800)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) M. angustum (119082)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) M. torreyi (34975)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) M. torreyi (34921)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) M. torreyi (53086)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) M. torreyi (53601)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) M. torreyi (57973 57987 57993 58003)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) M. torreyi (52870 53072 53079)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Sichuan) M. sp. (223847)