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Spermatophyta
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| Rank | phylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta | ||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,736 | ||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 369 (21%) | ||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183 | ||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Magnoliopsida class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21,984 | 433 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Corystospermales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Condrusia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Mtchedlishvilia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2011 | Spermatophyta 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!
Alum Bay, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK