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Dacrydium ✝
| Description | Dacrydium is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. Sixteen species of evergreen dioecious trees and shrubs are presently recognized. The genus was first described by Solander in 1786, and formerly included many more species, which were divided into sections A, B, and C by Florin in 1931. The revisions of de Laubenfels and Quinn (see references), reclassified the former section A as the new genus Falcatifolium, divided Section C into new genera Lepidothamnus, Lagarostrobos and Halocarpus, and retained Section B as genus Dacrydium. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrydium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Dacrydium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Dacrydium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. M. Wells and R. S. Hill. 1989. Fossil Imbricate-leaved Podocarpaceae from Tertiary Sediments in Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 2(4):387-423 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Pine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrydium |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dacrydium aciculare ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Dacrydium araucarioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium balansae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium beccarii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium comosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium cornwallianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium cupressinum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium elatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium ericoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium fimbriatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Dacrydium gibbsiae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium gracile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium guillaumii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium guillauminii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium leptophyllum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium lycopodioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium magnum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium medium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium microphyllum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| Dacrydium mucronatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Dacrydium nausoriense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium nidulum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium novoguineense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium pectinatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium sinuosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| Dacrydium spathoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium suprinii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dacrydium tasmanicum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Dacrydium waimumuensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| Dacrydium xanthandrum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Gaussenia A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Gaussenia |
| Metadacrydium Baum.-Bod. ex A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Metadacrydium |
| Corneria A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Corneria |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1807 | Dacrydium Soland and Lambert |
| 1989 | Dacrydium Wells and Hill |
| 1807 | Dacrydium Soland and Lambert |
| 1989 | Dacrydium Wells and Hill |
| 1807 | Dacrydium Soland and Lambert |
| 1989 | Dacrydium Wells and Hill |
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!
