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Carpolithus gracilis

Angiospermae

Taxonomy
Tricarpellites gracilis 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.

It was recombined as Carpolithus gracilis by Chandler (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Tricarpellites gracilis Bowerbank p. 82 figs. Plate 11, Figs. 37, 38
1961Carpolithus gracilis Chandler p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
genusCarpolithusLinnaeus 1768
speciesgracilis()

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.

Carpolithus gracilis Bowerbank 1840
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Carpolithus gracilis (21249 22806) Tricarpellites gracilis (type locality: 22811)