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Platanocarpus marylandensis
Taxonomy
Platanocarpus marylandensis was named by Friis et al. (1988) [Holotype: Plate 9, fig. 1 of Friis et al. (1988). Specimen were deposited in the paleobotanical collections of the Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, USA (PP).]. Its type specimen is PP34576. Its type locality is West Brothers locality, which is in an Albian fluvial horizon in the Patapsco Formation of Maryland. It is the type species of Platanocarpus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Platanocarpus marylandensis Friis et al. |
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†Platanocarpus marylandensis Friis et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Maryland) | Platanocarpus marylandensis (type locality: 28408) |