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Laurales
| Description | The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are magnoliids, related to the Magnoliales. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Laurales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (31%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 112 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. J. Cantrill and G. J. Nichols. 1996. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Early Cretaceous (Late Albian) angiosperm leaves from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92(1-2):1-28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | クスノキ, Lagerordningen, Lorbeerartige | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Atherospermataceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Calycanthaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gomortegaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hernandiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
 Lauraceaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Laurel | 783 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Monimiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Priscaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siparunaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crassidenticulum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Densinervum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Landonia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Olmosoxylon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pabiania genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pandemophyllum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Timothyia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1820 | Laurales Jussieu |
| 1990 | Laurales Upchurch and Dilcher |
| 1994 | Laurales Upchurch et al. |
| 2008 | Laurales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
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!
Green River Formation, USA