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Sassafras (sassafras)
Taxonomy
Sassafras was named by Nees (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1919), Brown (1959) and Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1919), Brown (1959) and Liu et al. (1996).
Species
S. acutilobum, S. angustilobum, S. bilobatum, S. burpeana, S. dissectum, S. giganteum, S. hastatum, S. latilobum (syn. S. mirabilis), S. mudgii, S. papillosum, S. parvifolium, S. platanoides, S. potomacensis, S. primordiale, S. progenitor, S. recurvatum, S. selwynii, S. subintegrifolium, S. thermale
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Sassafras Nees p. 418 |
| 1919 | Sassafras Knowlton |
| 1959 | Sassafras Brown p. 128 |
| 1996 | Sassafras Liu et al. |
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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.
G. Sassafras Nees 1831 [sassafras]
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†Sassafras acutilobum Lesquereux 1874
†Sassafras angustilobum Hollick 1906
†Sassafras bilobatum Fontaine 1889
†Sassafras burpeana Dawson 1885
†Sassafras dissectum Lesquereux 1883
†Sassafras giganteum Gould 1900
†Sassafras hastatum Newberry 1895
†Sassafras latilobum Newberry 1868
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Invalid names: Sassafras mirabilis Lesquereux 1872 [synonym]
†Sassafras mudgii Lesquereux 1868
†Sassafras papillosum Lesquereux 1891
†Sassafras parvifolium Fontaine 1889
†Sassafras platanoides Lesquereux 1883
†Sassafras potomacensis Berry 1911
†Sassafras primordiale Lesquereux 1891
†Sassafras progenitor Newberry 1894
†Sassafras recurvatum Lesquereux 1874
†Sassafras selwynii Dawson 1880
†Sassafras subintegrifolium Lesquereux 1868
†Sassafras thermale Brown 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Piacenzian or 105.30000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (64 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | USA (South Dakota) | Sassafras Mudgii (34868) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Canada (British Columbia) | Sassafras parvofilium (31384) | |
| Albian | USA (Kansas) | Sassafras mudgii (102718 102722) Sassafras mudgli (29018) | |
| Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras bradleyii (102759) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | USA (Virginia) | Sassafras bilobata (106317) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras bradleyi (31174) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Kansas) | Sassafras sp. (34726) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras bradleyi (34972) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Sassafras acutilobum (153400) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Platanus latiloba (35005 35069) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras thermale (14514) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras thermale (45846) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Sassafras CR010 (129226) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Sassafras thermale (43313 43404 53954) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Sassafras thermale (40060 53014 53016 53074 53076) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras thermale (40090 40132 40146 40776 40829 40833 43310 52868 57934 57935 57946 57973) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras thermale (11383) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Sassafras thermale (11373 11377 11380 11420) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sassafras hesperia (227994) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Sassafras hesperia (179231) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Sassafras selwyni (227791) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Idaho) | Sassafras ashleyi (35334 35338) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Sassafras hesperia (11537 11538 11539) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | Sassafras sp. (167719) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Sassafras hesperia (24209) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Sassafras ashleyi (27569) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Sassafras ashleyi, Sassafras hesperia (23793) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Sassafras columbiana (23975) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | Sassafras columbiana (23973) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Sassafras columbiana (35278) | |
| Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Sassafras paratsumu (223850) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Sassafras sp. (22789 22796) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | Sassafras lusaticum (28280 28283 28284) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Sassafras lusaticum (27381) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Sassafras ferretianum (22778) |