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Protoaltingia hantonensis

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae

Taxonomy
Protoaltingia hantonensis was named by Chandler (1962). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Bagshot - Lake near Poole, which is in a Ypresian fluvial lignite/sandstone in the Bagshot Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. europaea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Protoaltingia hantonensis Chandler p. 69 figs. Plate 9; Figs. 18-24
1963Protoaltingia hantonensis Chandler p. 89

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

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.

†Protoaltingia hantonensis Chandler 1962
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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 Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


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