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Fagales
| Description | The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best-known trees. The order name is derived from genus Fagus, beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons. The families and genera currently included are as follows: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Fagales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 133 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 17 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ブナ, Buchenartige, Bokordningen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagales |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Betulaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Birch | 827 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Casuarinaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 101 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Fagaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 725 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Juglandaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 577 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Myricaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 242 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Nothofagaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 164 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ticodendraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nothofagidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 418 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1892 | Fagales Engler |
| 1941 | Fagales MacGinitie |
| 1977 | Fagales Hickey |
| 1989 | Fagales Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
| 1995 | Fagales McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Fagales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Fagales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2011 | Fagales Jud |
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!
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant Area, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA