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Melastomites
Taxonomy
Melastomites was named by Unger (1850). It is not extant. Its type is Melastomites druidum.
It was assigned to Melastomaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Melastomataceae by Andrews (1970).
It was assigned to Melastomaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Melastomataceae by Andrews (1970).
Species
M. americanus, M. druidum (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. †Melastomites Unger 1850
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†Melastomites americanus Berry 1916
†Melastomites druidum Unger 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | M. montanensis (53692 53957) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | M. montanensis (53529 55858) | |
| Paleogene | USA (Wyoming) | M. montanensis (52866) | |
| Tertiary | Dominican Republic (Samana) | M. domingensis (31231) | |
| Tertiary | Dominican Republic (Monte Cristi) | M. sp. (31233) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | M. kireevskiana (23906) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Oaxaca) | M. angustus (32069) M. obovatus (32065) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Vera Cruz) | M. obovatus (32066) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | M. tertiarius (22899 23054 23055 23056 23058 23059 23611 23616 27066 27526 27528) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | M. tertiarius (22897 22898) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | M. tertiarius (24321) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bolivia (Pacajes) | M. sp. (32002) |