Stephania palaeosudamericana

Stephania palaeosudamericana
Temporal range: Mid-Late Paleocene
(Itaboraian)
~60–56 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Stephania
Species:
S. palaeosudamericana
Binomial name
Stephania palaeosudamericana
Herrera et al. 2011

Stephania palaeosudamericana is an extinct species of angiosperm from the middle to late Paleocene of South America.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of the species have been found in the Bogotá Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Cerrejón Formation of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, Colombia.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Herrera et al., 2011
  2. ^ Bogotá Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Cerrejón Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Herrera, F.; Manchester, S.R.; Hoot, S.B.; Wefferling, K.M.; Carvalho, M.R.; Jaramillo, Carlos J. (2011), "Phytogeographic implications of fossil endocarps of Menispermaceae from the Paleocene of Colombia", American Journal of Botany, 98 (12): 2004–2017, doi:10.3732/ajb.1000461, PMID 22114219, retrieved 2019-02-28


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