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Marchantiales
| Description | Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts that includes species like Marchantia polymorpha, a widespread plant often found beside rivers, and Lunularia cruciata, a common and often troublesome weed in moist, temperate gardens and greenhouses. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Marchantiophyta : Marchantiopsida : Marchantiales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Marchantiales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Marchantiales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane. 1997. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aytoniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cleveaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conocephalaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Corsiniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyathodiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dumortieraceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Exormothecaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Grimaldiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Marchantiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Monocleaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Monosoleniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oxymitraceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ricciaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Targioniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wiesnerellaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aporothallus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Jaganovia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Marchantites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Preissites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ricciellopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ricciopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 290 Ma Permian | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Sciadophytopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Striatothallus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1985 | Marchantiales Lapasha and Miller |
| 1997 | Marchantiales Kenrick and Crane |
| 2007 | Marchantiales Cladera et al. |
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!
