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Bombacacidites psilatus
Taxonomy
Bombacacidites psilatus was named by Jaramillo and Dilcher (2001) [Type locality: La Regadera Creek near La Donjuana. PaleoDB number 29080.
Paratypes: UFP 83, 16.7 x 90.8; UFP 82, 11.4 x 97.4.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UFP 53, 18.5 x 110, a microspore (Pollen grain).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Bombacacidites psilatus Jaramillo and Dilcher p. 114 figs. plate 6, figs. 24-26 |
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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.
†Bombacacidites psilatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher 2001 | Bombacacidites-type, mid-sized (26-32 µm), triangular-obtuse-convex to straight, costae 1.5 µm wide, reticulate finely at apocolpia, lumina < 1.0 µm wide decreasing gradually toward mesocolpia where it is micropitted-psilate. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Colombia | Bombacacidites psilatus (29080) | |
| Middle Eocene | Colombia | Bombacacidites psilatus (29155 29156 29158 29159) |