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Protoaltingia

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae

Taxonomy
Protoaltingia was named by Reid and Chandler (1933). It is not extant. Its type is Protoaltingia europaea.

It was assigned to Hamamelidaceae by Chandler (1962), Chandler (1963), Andrews (1970).

Species
P. europaea (type species), P. hantonensis
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Protoaltingia Reid and Chandler
1962Protoaltingia Chandler p. 69
1963Protoaltingia Chandler p. 89
1970Protoaltingia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superrosids
orderSaxifragales
familyHamamelidaceaeBrown 1818
genusProtoaltingiaReid and Chandler 1933

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. †Protoaltingia Reid and Chandler 1933
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Protoaltingia europaea Reid and Chandler 1933
Protoaltingia hantonensis Chandler 1962
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 Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) P. europaea (22811) P. hantonensis (23398)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) P. hantonensis (24106 24107 24108)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. hantonensis (27663)