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Cucurbitospermum cooperi

Angiospermae - Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy
Cucurbitospermum cooperi was named by Chandler (1961). It is not extant. Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Herne Bay, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. equiaelaterale

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cucurbitospermum cooperi Chandler p. 297 figs. Plate 29; Figs. 29, 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderCucurbitalesJussieu 1820
familyCucurbitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCucurbitospermumChesters 1957
speciescooperi

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.

†Cucurbitospermum cooperi Chandler 1961
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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: 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) Cucurbitospermum cooperi (type locality: 22806)