BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Cordaitaceae
| Description | Cordaitaceae is an extinct family of conifers. It was named after Czech botanist and mycologist August Carl Joseph Corda. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordaitaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source Data |
| |||||||
| Rank | family | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Cordaitaceae | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
| Classification (GBIF) |
| |||||||
| Scientific Name | Cordaitaceae | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordaitaceae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiocarpus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cordaianthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cordaicarpon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cordaicarpus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Cordaites βgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 547 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
 Nucellangium βgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Samaropsis β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 489 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordaitanthaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Cordaitanthaceae |
References
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Meyen, S. (2012). Fundamentals of Palaeobotany. Springer Science & Business Media, 445 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!
