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Liliacidites contortus

Angiospermae - Liliaceae

Taxonomy
Liliacidites contortus was named by Conran et al. (2014). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type locality is Foulden maar (I43/f8503), which is in an Aquitanian crater lake diatomite in the Foulden Hills Diatomite Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. bainii, L. tectatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Liliacidites contortus Conran et al. pp. 149, 151 figs. 6B-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyLiliaceae
genusLiliaciditesCouper 1953
speciescontortus

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.

†Liliacidites contortus Conran et al. 2014
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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: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Liliacidites contortus (type locality: 50035)