Stephania palaeosudamericana
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| Stephania palaeosudamericana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Stephania |
| Species: | S. palaeosudamericana
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| Binomial name | |
| Stephania palaeosudamericana Herrera et al. 2011
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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
- ^ Herrera et al., 2011
- ^ Bogotá Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cerrejón Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Herrera, F.; S.R. Manchester; S.B. Hoot; K.M. Wefferling; M.R. Carvalho, and Carlos J. Jaramillo. 2011. Phytogeographic implications of fossil endocarps of Menispermaceae from the Paleocene of Colombia. American Journal of Botany 98. 2004–2017. Accessed 2019-02-28.
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