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Posidoniaceae
Taxonomy
Posidoniaceae was named by Hutchinson (1895). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Posidonioideae by den Hartog (1970).
It was assigned to Potamogetonaceae by den Hartog (1970); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Posidonioideae by den Hartog (1970).
It was assigned to Potamogetonaceae by den Hartog (1970); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1895 | Posidoniaceae Hutchinson |
1970 | Posidonioideae den Hartog p. 120 |
2000 | Posidoniaceae Mabberley |
2016 | Posidoniaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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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. Posidoniaceae Hutchinson 1895
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G. Posidonia Konig 1805
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Posidonia australis Hook 1858
Posidonia caulini Konig 1805
†Posidonia cretacea Hosius and Von der Marck 1880
Posidonia oceanica Linnaeus 1758
Posidonia ostenfeldii den Hartog 1970
Invalid names: Caulinites Brongniart 1828 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (16 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Posidonia cretacea (63974) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Caulinites sheppyensis (22811) | |
Ypresian | Italy | Posidocea frickingeri (55239) | |
Eocene | Belgium | Posidonia pariseinsis (124453 124454 124455 124460 124462) | |
Lutetian | Belgium (Brussels) | Posidonia pariseinsis (124461) | |
Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Posidonia sp. (8124) | |
Lutetian | Belgium (Brabant) | Posidonia pariseinsis (124459) | |
Lutetian | Belgium | Posidonia pariseinsis (124457) | |
Lutetian | Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant) | Posidonia pariseinsis (38719) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Rhodes) | Posidonia oceanica (122994) | |
Zanclean | Spain | Posidonia sp. (123588) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Posidonia indet. (166074) |