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Marchantiaceae
Description | Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Marchantiophyta : Marchantiopsida : Marchantiales : Marchantiaceae | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Marchantiales : Marchantiaceae | ||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Marchantiaceae | ||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 145 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiaceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Marchantia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Marchantiolites genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Marchasta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Preissia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Marchantiaceae Lapasha and Miller |
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!