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Cercidiphyllum (katsura)

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae

Taxonomy
Cercidiphyllum was named by Siebold and Zuccarini (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cercidiphyllaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Christophel (1976), McIver and Basinger (1993) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species
C. crenatum, C. elongatum, C. genetrix, C. obtritum
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. genesevianum, C. japonicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cercidiphyllum Siebold and Zuccarini
1941Cercidiphyllum MacGinitie
1959Cercidiphyllum Brown p. 128
1976Cercidiphyllum Christophel
1993Cercidiphyllum McIver and Basinger
1996Cercidiphyllum Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superrosids
orderSaxifragales
familyCercidiphyllaceaeEngler 1907
genusCercidiphyllumSiebold and Zuccarini 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cercidiphyllum Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 [katsura]
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†Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868
†Cercidiphyllum obtritum Dawson 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Tertiary or 89.80000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (236 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum ellipticum (34973 34974)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1USA (New Mexico) Cercidiphyllum species (24182)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum ellipticum (96781)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum HC124 (48234 48253 48289) Cercidiphyllum HC124, Cercidiphyllum ellipticum (48233 48251) Cercidiphyllum HC124, Cercidiphyllum ellipticum, Cercidiphyllum genetrix (48224) Cercidiphyllum HC124, Cercidiphyllum genetrix (48246) Cercidiphyllum ellipticum (48191 48225 48237 48240 48241 48242 48243 48244 48245 48248 48252 48259 48265 48273) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (25437 25461 25476 25477 48267 48293)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (34922) Cercidiphyllum ellipticum (34970)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (53086)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum ellipticum, Cercidiphyllum genetrix (25440) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (25010 25012 25427)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11334 11340 11359 11366 11368 11389 11401 14805)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (53691 53692 53945) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (129028)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Cercidiphyllum sp. (22833 22834)
Puercan - Torrejonian66.0 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (52936)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Dakota) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (58007 58039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Cercidiphyllum genesevianum, Cercidiphyllum flexuosum, Cercidiphyllum cuneatum, Cercidiphyllum sp. (34887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Cercidiphyllum diversifolium (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (40745 40891 40931 40932 53537 53608 53842 53942 53948 53956 53959 53960 55855 55859) Cercidiphyllum articum (40094 40098)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Cercidiphyllum diversifolium, Cercidiphyllum genesevianum (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (39899 40059 40061 41183 52964 53017 53018 53076)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (40389 58083 58087) Cercidiphyllum articum (40390 43284)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Mexico) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (41188 43147)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cercidiphyllum sp. (34421 34422)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (40085 40132 40146 40775 40778 40847 40885 40886 40888 40940 43309 57973 57986 57991 57992 57993 57996 57997) Cercidiphyllum articum (40140 57967)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (22815)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11332 11351 11367 11402)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (24954 24957 24962 24965)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum BB21 (28634 28635 28639) Cercidiphyllum BB34-52 (28636 28640 28643) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11331 11333 11341 11361 11362 11383 11403 11478)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Cercidiphyllum sp. (113632)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (28656 64106 129222 129223 129224)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8United Kingdom (Berkshire) Cercidiphyllum sp. (234638)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11348 11352 11372 11373 11374 11376 11377 11378 11379 11380 11384 11386 11420 11445)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (10803 10805 10808 10809 10811 10968 10969 10970 10981 10983 10984)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Cercidiphyllum sp. (227994) Populus obtrita (121046)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cercidiphyllum apocynoides (22812)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Henan) Cercidiphyllum elongatum (223894)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Cercidiphyllum sp. (223891)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guizhou) Cercidiphyllum sp. (223895)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11336 11349 11350 11360 11370 11395 11396 11406 11436 11476 11477 11495 11496 11506)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11358 11479 11484) Cercidiphyllum tiny winged seeds, Cercidiphyllum genetrix (11485)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Cercidiphyllum genetrix (10965)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (53070)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Cercidiphyllum tiny wingedseeds (11393)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Cercidiphyllum elongatum (35334 35335 35336 35338 35347)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Cercidiphyllum obtritum (11537 11538)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Cercidiphyllum elongatum (23995 23996 23997 23998 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Nunavut) Cercidiphyllum sp. (139662)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Cercidiphyllum sp. (228147)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (35220 35221 35235 35236 35238 35269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Cercidiphyllum crenatum (31643)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (27569)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (23793)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (23972 24315)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (23330)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Germany (Sachsen) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (26765)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum elongatum, Cercidiphyllum arcticum (23975)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cercidiphyllum arcticum (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Inner Mongolia) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (223896)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (22796)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Cercidiphyllum helveticum (23344 27378)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (46225)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Cercidiphyllum crenatum (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Cercidiphyllum helveticum (23056) Cercidiphyllum helveticum, Cercidiphyllum crenatum (27512)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Cercidiphyllum helveticum, Cercidiphyllum crenatum (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Cercidiphyllum japonicum (224546)