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Nymphaeites

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Taxonomy
Nymphaeites was named by Sternberg (1825). It is not extant. Its type is Nymphaea arethusae.

It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by Andrews (1970) and Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Nymphaeites Sternberg
1970Nymphaeites Andrews
1996Nymphaeites Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
orderNymphaealesSalisbury 1820
familyNymphaeaceaeSalisbury 1805
genusNymphaeitesSternberg 1825

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. †Nymphaeites Sternberg 1825
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†Nymphaeites arethusae Brongniart 1822
†Nymphaeites nevadensis Brown 1938
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 Aptian to the top of the Pliocene or 121.40000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhao) N. choffatii (31170)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Montana) N. sp. (31080)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) N. exemplaris (31912)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) N. sp. (35174 35206)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) N. sp. (168549)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) N. dawsoni (34921)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) N. brownii (223817)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) N. nevadensis (23330)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) N. nevadensis (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) N. nevadensis (23973)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) N. nevadensis (27179 27701 27702)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) N. nevadensis (35908)