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Sapindales
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 43 (38%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 90 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aceraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 316 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Anacardiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Cashew | 138 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Balsaminaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Burseraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 33 | 56.8 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cneoraceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Coriariaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hippocastanaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Irvingiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lepidobotryaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Meliaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 59 | 61.7 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Melianthaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nitrariaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Oxalidaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 90 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Picramniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ptaeroxylaceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rutaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 152 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sapindaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 257 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Simaroubaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 50.3 Ma Eocene | 50.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Staphyleaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Zygophyllaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Coahuiloxylon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Paleosantalaceaepites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | 58.7 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1820 | Sapindales Jussieu |
| 1941 | Sapindales MacGinitie |
| 1977 | Sapindales Hickey |
| 1993 | Sapindales McIver and Basinger |
| 2000 | Sapindales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Sapindales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2011 | Sapindales Jud |
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!
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant Area, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA