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Marchantia pealei

Hepaticae - Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae

Taxonomy
Marchantia pealei was named by Knowlton (1908). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pealii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Marchantia pealei Knowlton
1919Marchantia pealei Knowlton
1962Marchantia pealei Brown p. 40 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
phylumBryophyta
RankNameAuthor
classHepaticae
orderMarchantiales
familyMarchantiaceae
genusMarchantia
speciespealeiKnowlton 1908

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.

†Marchantia pealei Knowlton 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 19:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Marchantia pealei (53688 53691)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Marchantia pealei (58027)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Marchantia pealei (40440)