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Thalassia testudinum

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy
Thalassia testudinum was named by Banks (1805).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Thalassia testudinum Banks
1970Thalassia testudinum den Hartog p. 223
1984Thalassia testudinum Lumbert et al. p. 127
2006Thalassia testudinum den Hartog and Kuo p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyHydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusThalassiaBanks
speciestestudinumBanks 1805

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.

Thalassia testudinum Banks 1805
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Florida) Thalassia testudinum (120294)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Thalassia testudinum (49882)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Thalassia testudinum (89418)