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Leitneria (corkwood)

Taxonomy
Leitneria was named by Chapman (1860). It is extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Knowlton (1919).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Leitneria Chapman
1919Leitneria Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusLeitneriaChapman 1860

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.

G. Leitneria Chapman 1860 [corkwood]
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Leitneria floridana Chapman 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Leitneria venosa (22844)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Leitneria venosa (23114 23663 23673 23782 23888)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Leitneria venosa (23906 23908)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Leitneria venosa (23060 23062)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Leitneria venosa (27552)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Leitneria venosa (23050 23056 23598 23652 23661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Leitneria venosa (24286)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Leitneria flexuosa, Leitneria venosa (21222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Leitneria sp. (232148)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Leitneria floridana (34269)