Stephania palaeosudamericana

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Stephania palaeosudamericana Temporal range: Mid-Late Paleocene (Itaboraian) ~60–56 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

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]

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Bibliography[]

• Herrera, F.; S.R. Manchester; S.B. Hoot; K.M. Wefferling; M.R. Carvalho, and Carlos J. . 2011. Phytogeographic implications of fossil endocarps of Menispermaceae from the Paleocene of Colombia. American Journal of Botany 98. 2004–2017. Accessed 2019-02-28.