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Vitis pygmaea

Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae

Taxonomy
Vitis pygmaea 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. cordifolia, V. pannosa, V. silvestris, V. sylvestris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Vitis pygmaea Chandler p. 77
1962Vitis pygmaea Chandler p. 100
1963Vitis pygmaea Chandler p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
RankNameAuthor
orderVitalesJussieu 1820
familyVitaceae
genusVitis
speciespygmaea

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.

†Vitis pygmaea 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 Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0United Kingdom (Surrey) Vitis pygmaea (23320)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Vitis pygmaea (type locality: 22810 23397 23398)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Vitis pygmaea (24106)