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Gigantopteridales ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Gigantopteridales | |||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 296 - 273 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | X.-X. Li and Z.-Q. Yang. 1983. Fructifications of Gigantopterids from South China. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 185:11-26 | |||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Emplectopteridaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Delnortea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Gigantonoclea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 68 | 296 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1983 | Gigantopteridales Li and Yang pp. 23-24 |
| 2008 | Gigantopteridales Taylor et al. p. 1028 |
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!
