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Cycadeoideales ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	157242	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157242

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cycadeoideales	order	subjective synonym of Bennettitales	stated with evidence	Meyen, 1984
Cycadeoideales	order	belongs to Cycadeoideopsida	stated with evidence	Doweld, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. V. Meyen. 1984. Basic features of gymnosperm systematics and phylogeny as evidenced by the fossil record. Botanical Review 50(1):1-111

Fossil Distribution

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sturianthaceae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)
Bucklandia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Conites ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	32	279 Ma Permian	55.8 Ma Eocene

Year	Name and Author
1916	Cycadeoideales Berry p. 36
2001	Cycadeoideales Doweld p. xvii

Meyen S. V. (1984) Basic features of gymnosperm systematics and phylogeny as evidenced by the fossil record, Botanical Review 50 1, 1-111

Doweld A. B. (2001) Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium

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!