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Posidonia cretacea
Taxonomy
Posidonia cretacea was named by Hosius and Von der Marck (1880). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ahrenfeld near Sendenhorst, Nordrhein-Westfalen, which is in a Campanian open shallow subtidal marl in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Posidonia cretacea Hosius and Von der Marck p. 134 figs. Plate 24, FIg. 7-9 |
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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.
†Posidonia cretacea Hosius and Von der Marck 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Posidonia cretacea (type locality: 63974) |