Ditrichites fylesii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dicranales 
Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Dicranidae
Ordo: Dicranales

Familia: Ditrichaceae
Genus: †Ditrichites
Species: †Ditrichites fylesii

Name

†Ditrichites fylesii Kuc, 1974

Type locality

  • Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Bisaccate pollen zone, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

  • Holotype: GSC 34741 (part) & 34742 (counterpart)
    • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

  • "The specific epithet is established in honour of John G. Fyles (Geological Survey of Canada)."

Distribution

Eocene

  • Ypresian
  • Eocene Okanagan Highlands
    • Bisaccate pollen zone, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

  • Kuc, M. 1974. Fossil mosses from the bisaccate zone of the mid-Eocene Allenby Formation, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 11(3): 409–421. doi:10.1139/e74-037. 
  • Frahm J.-C.; Gröhn C. 2013. Neue Nachweise von Moosen aus Baltischem Bernstein. Archive for bryology (175): 1–8. 
  • Tan Z.-Z.; Cui Y.-M.; Saing L. M.; Li C.-X.; Li Y. 2025. Systematics and Palaeoecology of Three New Acrocarpous Mosses from the Mid-Cretaceous of Kachin, Myanmar. Plants 14(14). doi:10.3390/plants14142124. 
This article is issued from Wikispecies. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.