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Proteales
| Description | Proteales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants consisting of two (or three) families. The Proteales have been recognized by almost all taxonomists. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Proteales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 191 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 24 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Proteaordningen, Proteusartige | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Elaeagnaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nelumbonaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 46 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Platanaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 354 | 433 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Proteaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 802 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sabiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 74 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Darlingia genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Nelumbites genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Peninsulapollis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 63 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Proteacidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 429 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Retidiporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 105 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Sapindopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 49 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Stenocarpus genus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Triatriopollenites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 67 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1829 | Proteales Jussieu |
| 1994 | Nelumbonales Upchurch et al. |
| 2000 | Nelumbonales Mabberley |
| 2000 | Proteales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Proteales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2009 | Proteales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |
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!
Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK