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Proxapertites operculatus

Angiospermae - Araceae

Taxonomy
Proxapertites operculatus was named by Van der Hammen (1956). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen p. 113 figs. Plate 1 Fig. 3
2001Proxapertites operculatus Jaramillo and Dilcher
2023Proxapertites operculatus Huang et al.
2023Proxapertites operculatus Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyAraceaede Jussieu 1789
genusProxapertitesVan der Hammen 1956
speciesoperculatusVan der Hammen 1956

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.

Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
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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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 70.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (204 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) Proxapertites operculatus (195707)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Proxapertites operculatus (31653 199410)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Sudan Proxapertites operculatus (192391)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Proxapertites operculatus (167922)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) Proxapertites operculatus (151711 151712 151713 151714 151715 151716 151717 151718 151719 151720 151721 151722 151723 151724 151725 151835)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Venezuela (Zulia) Proxapertites operculatus (150339 150340 150341 150342 150343 150344 151726 151727 151729 151731 151732 151733 151734 151735 151736 151738 151739 151740 151741 151742 151743 151744 151745 151746 151747 151748 151749 151750 151751 151752 151753 151754 151755 151756 151757 151758 151759 151760 151761 151762 151763 151764)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia (Norte de Santander) Proxapertites operculatus (136752)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia Proxapertites operculatus (28417 28433 28434 28435 28436 28438 28439 28440 28563 28564 28565 28566 28567 28568)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia Proxapertites operculatus (28770 28771)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Venezuela (Zulia) Proxapertites operculatus (151765 151766 151767 151768 151769 151770 151771 151772 151773 151774 151775 151776 151777 151778 151779 151780 151781 151782 151783 151784 151785 151786 151787 151788 151789 151790 151791 151792 151793 151794 151795 151796 151798 151799 151800 151801 151802 151803 151804 151805 151806 151808 151809 151811 151812 151813 151814 151815 151816 151817 151818 151819 151820 151821 151822 151823 151824 151825 151826 151827 151828 151829 151830 151831 151832 151833 151834)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia (Norte de Santander) Proxapertites operculatus (136756 136759)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Colombia (Norte de Santander) Proxapertites operculatus (136828 136918)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Colombia Proxapertites operculatus (28775 28863 29073 29077 29078 29148 29149 29157)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) Proxapertites operculatus (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Proxapertites operculatus (227632 227633 227634 227646 227647 227648 227650 227651 227652 227661 227662 227663 227664 227665 227666 227667 227668 227669 227670 227671 227672 227673 227674 227675 227676 227697 227710 227714 227720 227721 227724 227780 227781 227782 227783 227785 227787 227788 227800 227801 227802 227803 227804 227807)