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Sphagnaceae

Sphagnaceae

Taxonomy
Sphagnaceae was named by Dumortier (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bryophyta by Dumortier (1829); and to Sphagnales by Cohn (1876).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Sphagnaceae Dumortier
1876Sphagnaceae Cohn p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
RankNameAuthor
familySphagnaceae
familySphagnaceae

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. Sphagnaceae Dumortier 1829
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†Distalanulisporites triangulus Mathur and Chopra 1982
G. †Sphagnites Cookson
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†Sphagnites antiquasporites Cranwell and Srivastava 2009
G. Sphagnum Linnaeus 1753 [peat moss]
G. †Sphagnumsporites Raatz 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Canada (Nunavut) Sphagnumsporites psilatus (102065)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) Sphagnumsporites sp. (102063)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) Sphagnum sp. (68835)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) Sphagnumsporites australis, Sphagnumsporites psilatus, Sphagnumsporites clavus (34141)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Sphagnites sp. (224605)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Sphagnaceae indet. (237075)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Sphagnumsporites sp. (71073)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Sphagnumsporites sp. (150237)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Nei Mongol) Sphagnumsporites sp. (71074)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Sphagnum spp. (237285 237286 237287 237289 237290 237411 237412)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) Sphagnum spp. (237415 237416)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Sphagnum indet. (169455 169457 169458 169460 169486 169487)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Canada (Nunavut) Sphagnum sp. (102070)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Sphagnumsporites sp. (224627)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Sphagnum indet. (169478 169485 169488 169489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Sphagnum sp. (45449)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Sphagnum sp. (45429 45430)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Canada (Northwest Territories) Sphagnum sp. (21371)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Sphagnum sp. (231784 231797 231798 231824 231825 231826)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58USA (Massachusetts) Sphagnum sp. (231795)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Sphagnum sp. (28442 28443)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Sphagnum sp. (45451)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Massachusetts) Sphagnum sp. (231796)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Sphagnum sp. (232112 232121 232124 232125 232126 232144 232146 232148)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Sphagnum sp. (61887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Sphagnum indet. (172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Sphagnum sp. (222869)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Sphagnum sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Sphagnum recurvum, Sphagnum teres, Sphagnum sp. (228760) Sphagnum teres (228761)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Carolina) Sphagnum indet. (79919)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Sphagnum sp. (70130 70131 70132)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Sphagnum papillosum (228763)