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Retidiporites

Angiospermae - Proteales

Taxonomy
Retidiporites was named by Varma and Rawat (1963). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Proteales by Varma and Rawat (1963) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Retidiporites Varma and Rawat
2023Retidiporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
genusRetidiporitesVarma and Rawat 1963

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.

G. †Retidiporites Varma and Rawat 1963
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Retidiporites agilis González-Guzmán 1967
Retidiporites botulus Leidelmeyer 1966
Retidiporites camachoi Archangelsky 1973
Retidiporites camachoii Archangelsky 1973
Retidiporites elongatus Sarmiento 1992
Retidiporites magdalenensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Retidiporites poricostatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 72.10000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Nigeria (Gombe) R. magdalensis (163728)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. camachoii (149974)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) R. camachoi (152264 167922)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) R. magdalenesis (151711 151712 151715 151716 151717 151719 151720 151721 151722 151723 151724 151835) R. magdalenesis, R. botulus (151713 151714 151718 151725)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Venezuela (Zulia) R. botulus (151732 151747 151763) R. magdalenesis (150342 151728 151734 151735 151738 151740 151742 151743 151746 151749 151751 151752 151754 151757 151758 151759 151762 151764) R. magdalenesis, R. botulus (150340 150341 150343 150344 151726 151727 151729 151731 151733 151736 151739 151750 151761)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia (Norte de Santander) R. magdalenensis (136752)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia R. elongatus (28563) R. magdalenensis (28416 28434 28436 28438 28567) R. magdalenensis, R. poricostatus (28435)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Venezuela (Zulia) R. magdalenesis (151767 151769 151772 151777 151779 151781 151783 151784 151787 151788 151790 151792 151795 151796 151801 151805 151812 151821 151823 151827 151828 151830)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia (Norte de Santander) R. agilis (136759) R. magdalenensis (136756)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia (Norte de Santander) R. agilis (136828)