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Bryophyta
Source Data |
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Rank | phylum (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Bryophyta | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 125 | |||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 11 (8.8%) | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane. 1997. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bryophytina subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Marchantiophytina subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 136 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Bryopsida ✝ class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 199 | 252 Ma Permian | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Hepaticae class | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | |
Musci class | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Sphagnaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Anapiculatisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 40 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Annulispora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Cingutriletes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Coptospora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Couperisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Emphanisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 55 | 443 Ma Silurian | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Foraminisporis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 109 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Interulobites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Muscites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Nevesisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Phaeoceros ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Rogalskaisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Rouseisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 60 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Staplinisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Stoverisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Taurocusporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1997 | Bryophyta Kenrick and Crane |
2008 | Bryophyta Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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!