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NOMENCLATURE OF FOSSIL GLYPTOSTROBUS IN NORTH AMERICA
Author(s) -
Butala James R.,
Cridland Arthur A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220473
Subject(s) - extant taxon , cretaceous , nomenclature , range (aeronautics) , fossil record , biology , paleontology , ecology , geography , botany , archaeology , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology , materials science , composite material
Summary There are no criteria of scientific value by which Glyptostrobus oregonensis Brown and G. nordenskioldii (Heer) Brown (including G. dakotensis Brown) may be distinguished from G. europaeus (Brongniart) Heer. G. europaeus is a form species of wide geographical and geological range for fossil specimens similar to extant Glyptostrobus pensilis (Lambert) Koch. While it is possible that the fossil form species represents several biological species, specificity has not been proven for any specimen from the North American Tertiary. There is no proof that the Cretaceous Glyptostrobus comoxensis Bell is a Glyptostrobus .