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Nyctaginites

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae

Taxonomy
Nyctaginites was named by Berry (1938). It is not extant. Its type is Nyctaginites ellipticus.

It was assigned to Nyctaginaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
N. ellipticus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Nyctaginites Berry
1970Nyctaginites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusNyctaginitesBerry 1938

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. †Nyctaginites Berry 1938
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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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina N. ellipticus (32201)