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Matoniaceae
| Description | Matoniaceae is one of the three families of ferns in the Gleicheniales order of the Polypodiopsida class. Fossil records reveal that Matoniaceae ferns were abundant during the Mesozoic era (about 250-million to 66-million years ago), during which they lived on every continent, including Antarctica, with eight genera and 26 species. Today the family is much less abundant, and also less diverse, with only two extant genera and four species, which are limited to portions of southeastern Asia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matoniaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Matoniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Gleicheniales : Matoniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Matoniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Gefässbündel Farrn: 32. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 273 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. E. Skog. 1988. Reassignment of Aspidium heterophyllum to a new genus in the family Matoniaceae. American Journal of Botany 75(8):1120-1129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matoniaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Boseisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Delosorus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dictyophyllidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 87 | 273 Ma Permian | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Knowltonella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Laccopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Matonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nathorstia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Phanerosorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Weichselia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2000 | Matoniaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Matoniaceae 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!
