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Proserpinaca (mermaidweed)
Taxonomy
Proserpinaca was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Proserpinaca palustris.
It was assigned to Plantae by Linnaeus (1753).
It was assigned to Plantae by Linnaeus (1753).
Species
P. palustris (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1753 | Proserpinaca Linnaeus |
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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.
G. Proserpinaca Linnaeus 1753 [mermaidweed]
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Proserpinaca palustris Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.10000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (32 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Proserpinaca brevicarpa (24922) | |
Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Proserpinaca pterocarpa (22889 23663 23782) Proserpinaca pterocarpa, Proserpinaca reticulata (23114) Proserpinaca reticulata (23669) | |
Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Proserpinaca brevicarpa (24183) | |
Chattian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Proserpinaca brevicarpa (26748) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Proserpinaca reticulata, Proserpinaca pterocarpa (23906) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Proserpinaca reticulata (23897) | |
Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Proserpinaca pedunculata (27378) Proserpinaca reticulata (23060) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Denmark (Jylland) | Proserpinaca brevicarpa (28313) | |
Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Proserpinaca pterocarpa (24078) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Proserpinaca reticulata (22899 23025 23054 23055 23056 23355 23618) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Proserpinaca reticulata (22898) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Proserpinaca reticulata (27930 28046 28133) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Proserpinaca pterocarpa (24286) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Proserpinaca reticulata (21222) | |
Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Proserpinaca reticulata (28134) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringen) | Proserpinaca europaea, Proserpinaca reticulata (22783) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Proserpinaca europaea, Proserpinaca reticulata (22778) Proserpinaca reticulata (22781) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | Proserpinaca reticulata (28198) |