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Casuarinidites sparsus
Taxonomy
Casuarinidites sparsus was named by Frederiksen and Christopher (1978). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Plate 3, fig. 25, Slide DC-12(5), coordinates 45.2 x 107.9, a microspore. Its type locality is USGS Clubhouse Crossroads corehole 1, sample DC-12, which is in a Paleocene marine limestone in the Black Mingo Formation of South Carolina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Casuarinidites sparsus Frederiksen and Christopher p. 142 figs. Plate 3, figures 25-27 |
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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 sparsus Frederiksen and Christopher 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | Casuarinidites sparsus (219101 type locality: 219102 219103 228979 228980 228981) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | Casuarinidites sparsus (228977) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Virginia) | Casuarinidites sparsus (231682) |