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Gigantopteridaceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Gigantopteridaceae | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2013. A review of the nomenclature of Gigantopteris. Taxon 62(5):1052-1054 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gigantopteris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 98 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 252 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1936 | Gigantopteridaceae Koidzumi p. 132 |
1970 | Gigantopteridaceae Andrews |
References
Doweld A. B. (2013) A review of the nomenclature of Gigantopteris, Taxon 62 5, 1052-1054 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/625.4 |
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!