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Castanea protoantiqua

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Taxonomy
Castanea protoantiqua was named by Suzuki (1976). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Laboratory of Phylogenetic Botany, Chiba University, No. 71188, a wood. Its type locality is Koinoura, Tsuyazaki, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial tuff in the Tsuyazaki Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
genusCastaneaMiller 1754
speciesprotoantiqua

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.

Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki 1976
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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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Castanea protoantiqua (type locality: 224520)