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Pinaceae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Pinaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (36%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Abiesgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Fir | 98 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Eathiestrobus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Larix genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Larch | 20 | 46.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Midoriphyllum ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
 Piceagenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Spruce | 144 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Pinus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Pine | 368 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Pityosporites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 65 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Pityostrobus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1830 | Pinaceae Rudolphi |
| 1977 | Pinaceae Hickey |
| 1983 | Pinaceae Hueber p. 271 |
| 1984 | Pinaceae Meyen p. 90 |
| 1989 | Pinaceae Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
| 1994 | Pinaceae Upchurch et al. |
| 2000 | Pinaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Pinaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
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!
