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Cucurbitospermum sheppeyense

Angiospermae - Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy
Cucurbitospermum sheppeyense was named by Chandler (1961). It is not extant. Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Bognor, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone/sandstone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. equiaelaterale, C. reidii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cucurbitospermum sheppeyense Chandler p. 295 figs. Plate 29; Figs. 24-26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderCucurbitalesJussieu 1820
familyCucurbitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCucurbitospermumChesters 1957
speciessheppeyense

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.

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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cucurbitospermum sheppeyense (type locality: 21249)