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Menispermites variabilis

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae

Taxonomy
Menispermites variabilis was named by Berry (1914). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is McBrides Ford, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Menispermites variabilis Berry p. 113 figs. Plate 21, Figs. 1-4
1919Menispermites variabilis Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderRanunculales
familyMenispermaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMenispermitesLesquereux 1874
speciesvariabilis

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: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Menispermites variabilis (type locality: 28321)