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Myrtaceidites

Angiospermae - Myrtales

Taxonomy
Myrtaceidites was named by Cookson and Pike (1960). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Myrtaceidites mesonesus.

It was assigned to Myrtales by Cookson and Pike (1960) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023); and to Myrtaceae by Huang et al. (2023).

Species
M. eugeniioides, M. mesonesus (type species), M. parvus, M. verrucosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. verucosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Myrtaceidites Cookson and Pike
2023Myrtaceidites Huang et al.
2023Myrtaceidites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
classDicotyledoneae
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
genusMyrtaceiditesCookson and Pike 1960

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. †Myrtaceidites Cookson and Pike 1960
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†Myrtaceidites eugeniioides Cookson and Pike 1954
†Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954
†Myrtaceidites parvus Cookson and Pike 1960
†Myrtaceidites verrucosus Partridge 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Pollen grain diameter10.016

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 Early/Lower Cretaceous to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 145.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Antarctica M. eugenioides (150877)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica M. eugeniioides (153426)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica M. sp. (150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica M. spp. (168697)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Eocene72.1 - 48.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. mesonesus (167869)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. sp. (32522)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) M. sp. (172890)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Canada (Manitoba) M. solidus (232093)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. mesonesus (168421 168422 168426 168428 168430)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) M. spp. (168705)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) M. parvus (231230)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene58.7 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) M. parvus (167838)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica M. parvus (167931)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) M. parous (231933) M. parvus (231931)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. verrucosus (143493)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica M. spp. (169267) M. spp., M. tenuis (169269) M. tenuis (169270 169272 169274)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) M. eucalyptoides, M. eugeniioides, M. parvus (166741)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) M. eucalyptoides (167541)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (Victoria) M. spp. (167121)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) M. parvus (34365)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) M. sp. (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.2 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) M. parvus (168824)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) M. sp. (227632 227633 227646 227650 227661 227662 227667 227668 227669 227671 227674 227675 227676 227697 227698 227699 227701 227710 227714 227781 227782 227783 227784 227787 227803)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) M. spp. (166980) M. spp., M. mesonesus, M. parvus (167130)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. verrucosus (143492)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) M. mesonesus, M. parvus (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) M. eucaliptoides, M. mesonesus, M. verrucosus, M. parvus (169237) M. eucalyptoides, M. mesonesus, M. verrucosus, M. parvus (169006 169007) M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2, M. sp. 3, M. eugeniioides (167544)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp. (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) M. verrucosus (143211 143212 143213)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (Southland) M. sp. (169981)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) M. eucalyptoides, M. spp., M. sp. (167314) M. eucalyptoides, M. verucosus, M. parvus (166703)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) M. sp. A, M. sp. B, M. verrucosus (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina M. verrucosus (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand M. mesonesus (169164)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (San Juan) M. sp. (144061)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) M. spp. (224044)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) M. eucalyptoides, M. sp., M. verrucosus, M. parvus (169356) M. eucalyptoides, M. verrucosus (169355)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) M. sp. (137142)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) M. eucalyptoides, M. mesonesus (166707)