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Lefipania padillae

Magnoliopsida

Taxonomy
Lefipania padillae was named by Martinez et al. (2018). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MPEF-Pb-5808, a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón del Loro , which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siltstone in the Lefipan Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Lefipania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Lefipania padillae Martinez et al. p. 109 fig. 2,3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
genusLefipania
speciespadillae

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.

Lefipania padillae Martinez et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Lefipania padillae (type locality: 197638)