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Piper margaritae
Discussion
"The epithet margaritae honors Margarita Gómez and Mateo Matamala, two biology students who died in 2011 as victims of the armed conflict while exploring field sites in Colombia."
Taxonomy
Piper margaritae was named by Martínez et al. (2015). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad de los Andes, ANDES-Paleo-001, a leaf. Its type locality is Locality 0502, Montecristo Ubaté Coal Mine, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial coal in the Guaduas Formation of Colombia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Piper margaritae Martínez et al. |
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†Piper margaritae Martínez et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Colombia (Cundinamarca) | Piper margaritae (type locality: 222725) |