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Callistophytaceae ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	55200	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=55200

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Callistophytaceae	unranked clade	belongs to Callistophytales	stated with evidence	Meyen, 1984
Callistophytaceae	unranked clade	belongs to Cycadatae	stated without evidence	Kenrick and Crane, 1997
Callistophytaceae	unranked clade	belongs to Euspermatoclides	stated without evidence	Kenrick and Crane, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 254 Ma
Permian

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane. 1997. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Angarocarpus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	9	304 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Callandrium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Callistophyton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	323 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Callospermarion ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dicksonites ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	30	323 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Eremopteris ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	27	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	290 Ma Permian
Gondwanotheca ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Idanothekion ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paragondwanidium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian

Year	Name and Author
1984	Callistophytaceae Meyen p. 89
1997	Callistophytaceae Kenrick and Crane

Kenrick P., Crane P.R. (1997) , The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study

Meyen S. V. (1984) Basic features of gymnosperm systematics and phylogeny as evidenced by the fossil record, Botanical Review 50 1, 1-111

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!