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Araucariaceae
| Description | Araucariaceae – also known as araucarians – is a very ancient family of coniferous trees. The family achieved its maximum diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, when it was distributed almost worldwide.Most of the Araucariaceae in the Northern Hemisphere vanished in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, and they are now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few species of Agathis in Southeast Asia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucariaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Araucariaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Syn. Nadelhölz.: xvii, 1. Jan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (5.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucariaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agathis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 82 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Agathoxylon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Alkastrobus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Araucaria genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 119 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Araucariacites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 365 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Araucarioides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Araucariorhiza genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Araucarioxylon genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 50 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Araucarites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 143 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Balmeisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 188 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Brachyoxylon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Brachyphyllum ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 363 | 296 Ma Permian | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cyclusphaera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 54 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Dilwynites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Doliostrobus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 311 | 290 Ma Permian | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Protodammara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wairarapaia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Wollemia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Woodworthia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaucarioxylon traumaticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Agathidaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Agathidaceae |
| Doliostrobaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Doliostrobaceae |
| Dammaraceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Dammaraceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1865 | Araucariaceae Henckel and Hochstetter |
| 1984 | Araucariaceae Meyen p. 90 |
| 1994 | Araucariaceae Upchurch et al. |
| 1995 | Araucariaceae McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Araucariaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Araucariaceae 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!
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