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Rhoipites minusculus

Magnoliopsida

Taxonomy
Rhoipites minusculus was named by Archangelsky (1973). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: p.m. 1009; coord. 38.2/101.5. Stored at Museo de La Plata, Paleobotanical division., a microspore (Pollen grain). Its type locality is Cerro Bororó, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky
2022Rhoipites minusculus Vera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
genusRhoipitesWodehouse 1933
speciesminusculus

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.

Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Archangelsky 1973Grano subprolado; colpos llegando cerca de los polos, con visible engrosamiento más desarrollado en el sector ecuatorial; poros de contornos poco nítidos, subcirculares a lalongados, de hasta 4.5 µ de ancho. Exina compuesta por dos capas fusionadas, ca. 1 µ de espesor. Superficie con puntuaciones regulares (OL) o bien scabrada (LO).
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 70.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Rhoipites minusculus (150882)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Rhoipites minusculus (149974 168708 168710)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Rhoipites minusculus (231725)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Rhoipites minusculus (168420 168421 168422 168423 168424 168425 168427 168433 168541)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Rhoipites minusculus (151454 151457 151458 151460 151461 152264 167921 type locality: 167922)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) Rhoipites minusculus (136554)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Argentina (Neuquén) Rhoipites minusculus (171385)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) Rhoipites minusculus (136911)