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Salviniaceae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ariadnaesporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 90 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Salvinia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 158 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1976 | Salviniaceae Christophel |
| 1977 | Salviniaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Salviniaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Salviniaceae Jud |
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!
