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Cruciptera

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Taxonomy
Cruciptera was named by Manchester (1991). It is not extant. Its type is Cruciptera schaarschmidtii.

It was assigned to Juglandaceae by Manchester (1991) and Manchester (1991).

Species
C. schaarschmidtii (type species), C. simsonii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Cruciptera Manchester

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusCrucipteraManchester 1991

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. †Cruciptera Manchester 1991
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†Cruciptera schaarschmidtii Manchester et al. 1994
†Cruciptera simsonii Brown 1940
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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 56.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) C. simsonii (147822)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) C. simsonii (21220) Tetrapteris simsonii, C. simsonii (31676)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) C. sp. (35221 35237)