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Pisonia claibornensis

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae

Taxonomy
Pisonia claibornensis was named by Berry (1914). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Macon, 16 miles south of, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ampliata, P. branneri, P. conditi, P. longifoliaformis, P. pliocenica, P. witti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pisonia claibornensis Berry p. 140 figs. Plate 28, Fig. 3
1919Pisonia claibornensis Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusPisonia
speciesclaibornensis

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.

†Pisonia claibornensis Berry 1914
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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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Pisonia claibornensis (type locality: 212698)