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Cycadeoidea ✝

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Description

Cycadeoidea is an extinct genus of bennettitalean plants known from fossil finds in North America and Europe. They lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycadeoidea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4912270	https://www.gbif.org/species/4912270
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56270	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56270

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : Cycadeoidea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Cycadeoideophyta : Cycadeoideopsida : Bennettitales : Cycadeoidea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
superphylum	Tracheophyta
-	Pteridobiotina	Doweld 2001
superphylum	Cycadophytanae	Doweld 2001
phylum	Cycadeoideophyta	Taylor 1981
class	Cycadeoideopsida	Scott 1923
order	Bennettitales	Bessey 1910
genus	Cycadeoidea	W.Buckland ex Lindley & W.Hutton 1832

Scientific Name

Cycadeoidea W.Buckland ex Lindley & W.Hutton, 1832

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cycadeoidea	genus	belongs to Bennettitales	stated without evidence	Watson and Sincock, 1992

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Watson and C. A. Sincock. 1992. Bennettitales of the English Wealden. The Palaeontographical Society 145(588):1-228

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycadeoidea

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cycadeoidea aspera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea barti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea bibbinsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea buzzardensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea cicatricula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea clarkiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea colei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea colossalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea dacotensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Cycadeoidea dartoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea emmonsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea etrusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea excelsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea fisherae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea fontaineana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea formosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea furcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea gibsoniana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cycadeoidea goucheriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea heliochorea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea ingens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea insolita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea jenneyana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea marshiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea mcbridei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea mcgeeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea megalophylla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cycadeoidea microphylla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea minnekahtensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea munita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea nana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea nigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea paynei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea protea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea pulcherrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea saxbyana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cycadeoidea scotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea stantoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea sternbergii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea stilwelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea superba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea turrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea uhleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea utopiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea wellsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycadeoidea wielandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bennettites W.Carruthers, 1870	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : *Bennettites*
Mantellia A.T.Brongniart, 1828	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : *Mantellia*
Cycadites Buckland, 1836	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : *Cycadites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1828	Cycadeoidea Buckland
1992	Cycadeoidea Watson and Sincock

References

Watson J., Sincock C. A. (1992) Bennettitales of the English Wealden, The Palaeontographical Society 145 588, 1-228

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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