Stephania palaeosudamericana

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

Stephania palaeosudamericana
Temporal range: Mid-Late Paleocene
(Itaboraian)
~60–56 Ma
Scientific 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

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

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