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Bombacaceae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Malvales : Bombacaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Bacutriporites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Bombacacidites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 155 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2000 | Bombacaceae Mabberley |
References
Mabberley D.J. (2000) The Plant-Book, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. |
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!