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Archaefructaceae
| Description | Archaefructus is an extinct genus of herbaceous aquatic seed plants with 3 known species. Fossil material assigned to this genus originates from the Yixian Formation in northeastern China, originally dated as late Jurassic but now thought to be approximately 125 million years old, or early Cretaceous in age. Even with its revised age, Archaefructus has been proposed to be one of the earliest known genera of flowering plants. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaefructaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Archaefructaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Archaefructaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Archaefructaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Sun, G.; Ji, Q.; Dilcher, D. L.; Zheng, S.; Nixon, K. C.; Wang, X. (2002). Archaefructaceae, a new basal angiosperm family. Science. 296(5569): 899-904. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 101 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Sun, Q. Ji, and D. L. Dilcher, S. Zheng, K. C. Nixon, X. Wang. 2002. Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family. Science 296:899-904 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaefructaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Archaefructus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Archaefructaceae Sun et al. |
| 2008 | Archaefructaceae 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!
