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Eudicot
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Eudicot | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,240 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 337 (27%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Lupia, P. S. Herendeen, and J. A. Keller. 2002. A new fossil flower and associated coprolites: evidence for angiosperm-insect interactions in the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Georgia, U.S.A. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163(4):675-686 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Apiales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 221 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Aquifolialesorder | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Asterales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 199 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Berberidopsidales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Brassicales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bruniales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Buxales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 83 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Caryophyllales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 119 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Celastrales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 118 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cornales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 420 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Crossosomatales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Cucurbitales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Dipsacales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 80 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Ericales order | listed (PBDB) | 45 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ericales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 245 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Escalloniales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Fabales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 597 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Fagales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2,248 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Garryales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Gentianales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 70 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Geraniales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gunnerales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Huerteales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Lamiales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Malpighiales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 150 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Malvales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 482 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Myrtales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 824 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Oxalidales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Paracryphiales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Picramniales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Proteales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,935 | 433 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ranunculales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 480 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Rosales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 745 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Santalales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 165 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sapindales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,057 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Saxifragales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 613 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Solanales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 66 | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Trochodendrales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Violales order | listed (PBDB) | 636 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Vitales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Zygophyllales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Javelinoxylon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Noferinia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Sterculia genus | listed (PBDB) | 26 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1991 | Eudicot Doyle and Hotton |
| 2007 | Eudicotyledoneae Cantino et al. |
| 2008 | Eudicot Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2011 | Eudicot Jud |
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!
