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Nelumbago montanum

Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

Taxonomy
Nelumbium montanum was named by Brown (1962) [Manchester 2014: Nelumbium montanum related to extant Nelumbo.]. It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Nelumbago montanum by McIver and Basinger (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Nelumbago montanum McIver and Basinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyNelumbonaceaeRichard 1827
genusNelumbago
speciesmontanum(Brown 1962)

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.

†Nelumbago montanum Brown 1962
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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: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Nelumbium montanum (53946 53957)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Nelumbium montanum (129230)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Nelumbium montanum (40274 40445 53690)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Dakota) Nelumbium montanum (58039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Nelumbium montanum (57957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Nelumbago montanum (34417 34419)