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Sphagnaceae
| Description | The Sphagnaceae is a family of moss with only one living genus Sphagnum. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphagnaceae, 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 : Bryophyta : Sphagnopsida : Sphagnales : Sphagnaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Bryophyta : Sphagnaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Sphagnaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (40%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. K. Sniderman. 2011. Early Pleistocene vegetation change in upland south-eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography 38(8):1456-1470 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphagnaceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cryptothecium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphagnites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sphagnophyllites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphagnum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 44 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sphagnumsporites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1829 | Sphagnaceae Dumortier |
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!
