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Dictyopteridiaceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Peltaspermophyta : Dictyopteridiopsida : Dictyopteridiales : Dictyopteridiaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 164 - 145 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. F. Rigby. 1978. Permian glossopterid and other cycadopsid fructifications from Queensland. Geological Survey of Queensland Publication 367:1-21 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Glossopteris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 895 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1926 | Glossopteridaceae Trapl p. 44 |
1978 | Dictyopteridiaceae Rigby p. 18 |
1997 | Glossopteridaceae Kenrick and Crane |
2001 | Dictyopteridiaceae Doweld p. xvii |
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!