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Gnetophyta
Source Data |
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Rank | phylum (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Gnetophyta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (40%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2001. Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gnetopsida class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 547 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1907 | Gnetophyta Bessey p. 323 |
2001 | Gnetophyta Doweld |
References
Doweld A. B. (2001) Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium |
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!