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Angiospermae
Source Data |
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Rank | phylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 390 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 88 (23%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Monocotyledoneae subclass | listed (PBDB) | 2,254 | 260 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Archaefructaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Naiadaceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Afropollis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 242 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Appomatoxia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Dejaxpollenites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Euanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Papillopollis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Retimonocolpites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 317 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Tetracolpites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Tetraporopollenites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Monocots informal | listed (PBDB) | 112 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Campanulids unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Fabid unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Lamids unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Malvids unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Rosids unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1941 | Angiospermae MacGinitie |
1977 | Angiospermae Hickey |
2000 | Angiospermae Mabberley |
2008 | Angiospermae Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
References
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!