Keyword

extinct genus

Description: A taxonomic genus whose constituent species are all extinct, identified and studied through biological classification and the fossil record.

Primary topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (77%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/extinct-genera

The beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Baltic amber: the checklist of described species and preliminary analysis of biodiversity

2013 · Vitaly I. Alekseev · Zoology and Ecology · 105

Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One hundred million years of evolution.

2003 · DA Nipperess · Australian Mammalogy · 70

Key to the Genera of the Tribe Oryzomyini (rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)

2011 · Marcelo Weksler, Alexandre Reis Percequillo · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 48

First occurrence of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) in Asia and its biogeographic implications

2015 · Lin-Bo Jia, Steven R. Manchester, et al. · Journal of Plant Research · 40

Investigations of Tertiary Angiosperms: a New Flora Including Eomimosoidea Plumosa From the Oligocene of Eastern Texas

1980 · Charles P. Daghlian, William L. Crepet, et al. · American Journal of Botany · 38

Extinct genus Lagokarpos reveals a biogeographic connection between Tibet and other regions in the Northern Hemisphere during the Paleogene

2019 · He Tang, Jia Liu, et al. · Journal of Systematics and Evolution · 37

A New Species of the Extinct Genus Schizolepis from the Jurassic Daohugou Flora, Inner Mongolia, China with Special Reference to the Fossil Diversity and Evolutionary Implications

2011 · Jianwei ZHANG, Ashalata D'ROZARIO, et al. · Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition · 33

On the structure and affinities of the genus Monticulipora and its sub-genera : with critical descriptions of illustrative species

1881 · Henry Alleyne Nicholson · William Blackwood and Sons eBooks · 30

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Fruits of Icacinaceae from the Eocene of Southeastern North America and Their Biogeographic Implications

2011 · Gregory W. Stull, B. Roger Moore, et al. · International Journal of Plant Sciences · 27

On the genera Heliolites, Tetradium, and Chaetetes

1936 · V. J. Okulitch · American Journal of Science · 27

Aechminella, Amphissites, Kirkbyella, and related genera

1961 · I.G. Sohn · USGS professional paper · 26

II.—On Lindstromaster and the Classification of the Palæasterids

1899 · J. W. Gregory · Geological Magazine · 24

Clarification of the taxonomic relationship of the extant and extinct ovibovids, Ovibos, Praeovibos, Euceratherium and Bootherium

2010 · Paula F. Campos, Andrei Sher, et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 21

First Tupinambinae teiid (Squamata, Teiidae) from the Palaeogene of South America

2015 · S. Brizuela, A.M. Albino · Historical Biology · 19

Flowers, fruits, seeds, and pollen of Landeenia gen. nov., an extinct sapindalean genus from the Eocene of Wyoming

2000 · Steven R. Manchester, Elizabeth J. Hermsen · American Journal of Botany · 15

On the nature of Edestus and related genera, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species

1909 · Oliver Perry Hay · Proceedings of the United States National Museum · 15

Fagaceae in the Eocene Palynoflora of the South of Primorskii Region: New Data on Taxonomy and Morphology

2020 · N. N. Naryshkina, T. A. Evstigneeva · Paleontological Journal · 14

Ellimma, a genus of fossil herrings

1913 · Jordan, David Starr, · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 12

Pharonnida

1659 · William Chamberlayne · Oxford University Press eBooks · 12

Further Observations on Koenenia

1903 · Rucker, Augusta · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 11

II. Description of fossil remains of two species of a Megalanian genus ( Meiolania , Ow.), from Lord Howe’s Island

1886 · Richard Owen · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London · 11

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First fossil insect from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber in Syria (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

2015 · Joanna Choufani, Wafaa El-Halabi, et al. · Cretaceous Research · 10

On a New Extinct Genus of Sirenia, from South Carolina

1883 · Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker) · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 10

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A second species of the genus Cretoleptochromus Cai & Huang (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

2017 · Ziwei Yin, Chenyang Cai, et al. · Cretaceous Research · 8

Overview and descriptions of fossil non-biting midges in Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae)

2010 · Fabian Seredszus, Wilfried Wichard · 8

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Citation count: 910