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Petrophiloides ellipticus

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Petrophiloides ellipticus was named by Bowerbank (1840). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Sheppey, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Petrophiloides ellipticus Bowerbank p. 49 figs. Plate 9, Fig. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
genusPetrophiloides
speciesellipticus

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.

Petrophiloides ellipticus Bowerbank 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Petrophiloides ellipticus (type locality: 22811)