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Compositae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Compositae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calycites genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Compositae MacGinitie |
| 2000 | Compositae Mabberley |
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!
