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Palaeococculus lakensis

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae

Taxonomy
Palaeococculus lakensis was named by Chandler (1961). It is not extant. Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Nursling, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Palaeococculus lakensis Chandler p. 330
1962Palaeococculus lakensis Chandler p. 63
1963Palaeococculus lakensis Chandler p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderRanunculales
familyMenispermaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusPalaeococculus
specieslakensis

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.

†Palaeococculus lakensis Chandler 1961
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Palaeococculus lakensis (type locality: 22810 23397 23398)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Palaeococculus lakensis (24107)