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Conocarpus eocenica

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Combretaceae

Taxonomy
Conocarpus eocenica was named by Berry (1914). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fiske property, which is in a Bartonian marine claystone in the McBean Formation of Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. preerectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Conocarpus eocenica Berry p. 147 figs. Plate 29, Figs. 4-7
1919Conocarpus eocenica Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyCombretaceaeBrown 1810
genusConocarpus
specieseocenica

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.

†Conocarpus eocenica 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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Conocarpus eocenica (212698)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Conocarpus eocenica (type locality: 212696 212697)