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Cordaitaceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Cordaitales : Cordaitaceae | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 247 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dilcher, T. A. Lott, and B. J. Axsmith. 2005. Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama. Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Artisia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 252 Ma Permian | |
Cordaicarpon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1967 | Cordaitaceae Jain and Delevoryas |
2005 | Cordaitaceae Dilcher et al. p. 165 |
References
Dilcher D. L., Lott T. A., et al (2005) Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama, Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama |
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!