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Cycadophytanae
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| Rank | superphylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Cycadophytanae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,084 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 161 (15%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2001. Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium. | ||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aneurophytophyta ✝ phylum | listed (PBDB) | 201 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Cycadeoideophyta ✝ phylum | listed (PBDB) | 2,456 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Gnetophyta phylum | listed (PBDB) | 547 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Magnoliophyta phylum | listed (PBDB) | 2,573 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Moresnetiophyta ✝ phylum | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Noeggerathiophyta ✝ phylum | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Peltaspermophyta ✝ phylum | listed (PBDB) | 2,764 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Pinophyta phylum | listed (PBDB) | Conifer | 10,036 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Lyginopteridopsida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2001 | Cycadophytanae Doweld |
References
| 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!
