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Ericipites

Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae

Taxonomy
Ericipites was named by Wodehouse (1933). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Ericipites annulatus.

It was assigned to Magnoliopsida by Wodehouse (1933); to Ericales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023); and to Ericaceae by Vallati et al. (2020), Vera et al. (2022), De Benedetti et al. (2023) and Huang et al. (2023).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Ericipites Wodehouse
2020Ericipites Vallati et al. p. 5
2022Ericipites Vera et al.
2023Ericipites De Benedetti et al.
2023Ericipites Huang et al.
2023Ericipites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyEricaceae
genusEricipitesWodehouse 1933

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. †Ericipites Wodehouse 1933
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Ericipites annulatus González-Guzmán 1967
Ericipites crassiexinus Harris 1972
Ericipites microtectanum Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
Ericipites sahnii Ramanujam 1966
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965
Ericipites verrucatus De Benedetti et al. 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Pollen grain diameter40.0210.0170.0260.0210.005

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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.12600 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) E. scabratus (233992)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) E. microtectanum (151452) E. scabratus (150882) E. scabratus, E. verrucatus (31653 199410)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) E. sp. (84455)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. scabratus (149974 168708 168710)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. scabratus (231725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) E. longisulcatus (32522)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) E. microtectatum, E. scabratus (136596)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) E. microtectanum (151459 151460 151461 151463) E. microtectatum, E. scabratus (152264)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) E. sp. (168705)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) E. scabratus (167511 167514)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Venezuela (Zulia) E. sp. (151746 151750)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) E. ericius (231933)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica E. scabratus (167931)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) E. spp. (11102 33759 33778 33781)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia (Norte de Santander) E. annulatus (136759)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica E. sp. (169266 169267 169273 169274)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) E. callidus, E. ericius, E. sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Colombia (Norte de Santander) E. annulatus (136828)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.2 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) E. spp. (168824)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) E. spp. (167130)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) E. sp. (227650 227665 227675 227697 227721 227782 227800 227802)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) E. scabratus, E. crassiexinus (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) E. crassiexinus (169006 169007 169237) E. sp., E. scabratus, E. crassiexinus (167544)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) E. scabratus (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (Southland) E. sp. (169981)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) E. microtectatum (169381)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand E. longisulcatus (169164 169165)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) E. sahnii (224618)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New south wales) E. scabratus (168993 168995 168996 168997 169002 169003)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) E. sp. (169355 169356)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Australia (Tasmania) E. scabratus, E. crassiexinus (166707)