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Corystospermaceae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Corystospermales : Corystospermaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 237 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. H. Thomas. 1933. On some pteridospermous plants from the Mesozoic rocks of South Africa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 222B:193-265 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cuneumxylon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Elchaxylon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Komlopteris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 55.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1933 | Corystospermaceae Thomas |
| 1982 | Corystospermaceae Holmes |
| 1987 | Corystospermaceae Holmes |
| 1997 | Corystospermaceae Kenrick and Crane |
| 2009 | Corystospermaceae Conran et al. |
| 2010 | Corystospermaceae Moisan et al. |
| 2013 | Corystospermaceae Chatterjee et al. |
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!
