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Trochodendraceae

Angiospermae - Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae

Taxonomy
Trochodendraceae was named by Prantl (1865). It is extant. Its type is Trochodendron.

It was assigned to Eudicots by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Trochodendrales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Trochodendraceae Prantl
1996Tetracentraceae Liu et al.
2000Trochodendraceae Mabberley
2008Trochodendraceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Trochodendraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderTrochodendralesTakhtajan 1981
familyTrochodendraceaePrantl 1865
familyTrochodendraceaePrantl 1865

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.

Fm. Trochodendraceae Prantl 1865
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G. †Nordenskioldia Heer 1870
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G. Tetracentron Oliver 1889
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†Tetracentron remberi Manchester and Chen 2006
G. Trochodendron Siebold and Zuccarini 1838
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†Trochodendron nastae Pigg et al. 2001
G. †Trochodendroxylon Hergert and Phinney 1954
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†Trochodendroxylon beckii Hergert and Phinney 1954
G. †Zizyphoides Seward and Conway 1935
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†Zizyphoides columbi Heer 1935
†Zizyphoides ezoensis Manchester et al. 2005
Invalid names: Tetracentraceae Smith [synonym]
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 Lancian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 70.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Nordenskioldia borealis (25437 25476)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Nordenskioldia borealis (25427 25440)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Nordenskioldia borealis (31882 40775 40822 40886 43303 57932 57977 57994)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Nordenskioldia borealis (31881 40098 43404 53537 53954 53959)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Nordenskioldia borealis (58083 58086 58087)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Norway Nordenskioldia borealis (31879)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Nordenskioldia borealis (34887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Tetracentron wuyungense, Zizyphoides flabellum (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Nordenskioldia borealis (53018)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Nordenskioldia borealis (24957 24962 24965)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Nordenskioldia borealis (21372)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Nordenskioldia sp., Zizyphoides sp., Trochodendron sp., Trochodendron nastae (147822) Trochodendron sp., Trochodendron nastae (119947)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Trochodendron pauciseminum (22811)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Zizyphoides sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Zizyphoides sp., Trochodendron sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Zizyphoides flabellum (223891)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Zizyphoides ezoensis (179213)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Hainan) Nordenskioldia borealis (223825)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Nordenskioldia sp., Zizyphoides flabellum (223815)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Trochodendron sp. (116623)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Tetracentron masuzawaense (22755)