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Cryptomeria

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Cryptomeria was named by Don. It is extant.

It was assigned to Taxodioideae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cryptomeria Ahuja and Neale p. 93 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyTaxodioideae
genusCryptomeriaDon

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. Cryptomeria Don
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Cryptomeria japonica Don 1839 [Japanese cedar]
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 Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) C. sp. (105375)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) C. sp. (34894)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Russian Federation C. sp. (45449)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) C. rhenana (26515)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) C. sp. (28443)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) C. rhenana (22780)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) C. sp. (168083)