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Welwitschiella austroamericana

Gnetopsida - Gnetales - Welwitschiaceae

Taxonomy
Welwitschiella austroamericana was named by Dilcher et al. (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is "Murilo Rodolfo de Lima" Collection, Universidade de São Paulo, GP/3E-7529, an axis. Its type locality is Crato ("Murilo Rodolfo de Lima" collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Welwitschiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Welwitschiella austroamericana Dilcher et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumGnetophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
classGnetopsidaKirpotenko 1884
orderGnetales
familyWelwitschiaceaeCaruel 1879
genusWelwitschiella
speciesaustroamericana

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.

Welwitschiella austroamericana Dilcher et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Welwitschiella austroamericana (type locality: 242113)