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Ulmaceae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Urticales : Ulmaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (36%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cedrelospermum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 50.3 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Celtis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Hackberry | 191 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Chaetoptelea genus | listed (PBDB) | 36 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Planera genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
| Pteroceltis genus | listed (PBDB) | Wingceltis | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Ulmus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Elm | 118 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Zelkova genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Zelkova | 88 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1815 | Ulmaceae de Mirbel |
| 1941 | Ulmaceae MacGinitie |
| 1976 | Ulmaceae Christophel |
| 1977 | Ulmaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Ulmaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Ulmaceae 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!
