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Zostera kiewiensis

Angiospermae - Najadales - Najadaceae

Taxonomy
Zostera kiewiensis was named by Schmalhausen (1883). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kiev, near, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone in Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Zostera kiewiensis Schmalhausen p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderNajadales
familyNajadaceaede Jussieu
genusZostera
specieskiewiensis

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.

†Zostera kiewiensis Schmalhausen 1883
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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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Ukraine Zostera kiewiensis (type locality: 124465)