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Escalloniaceae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Escalloniaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (83%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2):105-121 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anopterus genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Geissois genus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Polyosma genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Quintinia genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1829 | Escalloniaceae Brown |
1981 | Escalloniaceae Cronquist |
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!