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Casuarinidites pulcher

Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy
Casuarina pulchra was named by Simpson (1961). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Casuarinidites pulcher by Srivastava (1972) and Frederiksen and Christopher (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Casuarina pulchra Simpson p. 433 figs. Plate 10, figures 1, 2, 4, 7
1972Casuarinidites pulcher Srivastava pp. 244, 246 figs. Pl. 10,fig. 5-8; Pl. 11,fig. 1-6
1978Casuarinidites pulcher Frederiksen and Christopher pp. 141-142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyCasuarinaceaeBrown 1814
genusCasuarinidites
speciespulcher(Simpson 1961)

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.

Casuarinidites pulcher Simpson 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: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Casuarinidites pulcher (219101 219102 228979 228981 228982)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Casuarinidites pulcher (228977)