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Doryanthites cretacea

Angiospermae

Taxonomy
Doryanthites cretacea was named by Berry (1914). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Buena Vista, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Georgia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Doryanthites cretacea Berry p. 108
1919Doryanthites cretacea Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
subclassMonocotyledoneae
genusDoryanthites
speciescretacea

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.

Doryanthites cretacea Berry 1914
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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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Doryanthites cretacea (type locality: 212693)