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Ginkgophyta
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| Rank | phylum (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Ginkgophyta | |||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 104 | |||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (8.7%) | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 384 - 382 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145 | |||||||||||||||
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ginkgoopsida class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4,732 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1907 | Ginkgophyta Bessey p. 332 |
| 2008 | Ginkgophyta Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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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