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Pagiophyllum ✝
| Description | Pagiophyllum is a form genus of fossil coniferous plant foliage. Plants of the genus have been variously assigned to several different conifer groups including Araucariaceae and Cheirolepidiaceae. They were found around the globe during the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagiophyllum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pagiophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pagiophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pagiophyllum O.Heer, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2011. Im Reich der Meerengel. Der Nusplinger Plattenkalk und seine Fossilien. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagiophyllum |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pagiophyllum brevifolium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum dubium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum duttonia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum navajoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum peregrinum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum readiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum simpsonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagiophyllum zuniana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pachyphyllum G.Saporta, 1873 (A.Pomel) | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pachyphyllum |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1881 | Pagiophyllum Heer |
| 1970 | Pagiophyllum Andrews |
| 1995 | Pagiophyllum Cantrill et al. |
| 2011 | Pagiophyllum Dietl and Schweigert |
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!
