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Cercocarpus

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

Taxonomy
Cercocarpus was named by Humboldt et al. (1823). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rosaceae by Knowlton (1919), Axelrod (1939), Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Cercocarpus Humboldt et al.
1919Cercocarpus Knowlton
1939Cercocarpus Axelrod p. 106
1996Cercocarpus Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyRosaceae
genusCercocarpusHumboldt et al. 1823

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. Cercocarpus Humboldt et al. 1823
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Cercocarpus antiquus Lesquereux 1878
Cercocarpus orestesi Knowlton 1918
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 Chadronian to the top of the Serravallian or 37.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Liaoning) C. myricaefolia (223815)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (Colorado) C. myricaefolius (39851) C. myricaefolius, C. sp. (39837 39839 39849)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. myricaefolius (24209)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. beaannae, C. myricaefolius, C. antiquus (23972)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. beaannae (23973)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) C. eastgatensis, C. antiquus (27701) C. ovatifolius (27179) C. ovatifolius, C. eastgatensis (27702)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (California) C. antiquus, C. praeledifolius (19206)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) C. nevadensis (27630 27631)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Nevada) C. ovatifolius (27700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Nevada) C. linearifolius (27629) C. nevadensis (27525 27626 27627) C. nevadensis, C. linearifolius (27527)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) C. nevadensis (27529)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) C. antiquus (27659) C. linearifolius (27661 27662)