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Rousea ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4897085https://www.gbif.org/species/4897085
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)251535https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251535
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rousea
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rousea
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
genusRouseaS.K.Srivastava 1969
Scientific NameRousea S.K.Srivastava, 1969
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rouseagenusbelongs to Eudicotyledoneaestated with evidenceSrivastava, 1969
Rouseagenusbelongs to Magnoliopsidastated with evidenceSrivastava, 1969
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
First Recorded Appearance125 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Archangelsky and M. C. Zamaloa. 1986. Nuevas descripciones palinológicas de las formaciones Salamanca y Bororo, Paleoceno de Chubut (República Argentina). Ameghiniana 23(1-2):35-46

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Rousea brenneri ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Rousea delicipollis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Rousea florentina ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		455.8 Ma
Eocene		48.6 Ma
Eocene
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Rousea georgensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		18125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Rousea geranioides ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Rousea microreticulata ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		8101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Rousea miculipollis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Rousea minuscula ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Rousea patagonica ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1783.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		59.2 Ma
Paleocene
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Rousea prosimilis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Rousea Srivastava

References

Archangelsky S., Zamaloa M. C. (1986) Nuevas descripciones palinológicas de las formaciones Salamanca y Bororo, Paleoceno de Chubut (República Argentina), Ameghiniana 23 1-2, 35-46
Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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