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Cephalotaxopsis

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Taxonomy
Cephalotaxopsis was named by Fontaine (1889). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Taxeae by Knowlton (1919); and to Coniferales by Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cephalotaxopsis Fontaine
1919Cephalotaxopsis Knowlton
1970Cephalotaxopsis Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
subfamilyTaxeae
genusCephalotaxopsisFontaine 1889

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. †Cephalotaxopsis Fontaine 1889
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Cephalotaxopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis microphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis rhytidodes Ward 1905 [synonym]
Cephalotaxopsis ramosa Fontaine 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 237.00000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7Mexico (Tamaulipas) C. carolinensis (24517)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Heilongjiang) C. sp. 1 (29732 29733 29734 29991)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Liaoning) C. sp. 1 (29564)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Japan C. sp. 1 (30200)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Shandong) C. sp. 1 (29624)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Jilin) C. sp. 1 (29546 29608 29674)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30733 30815)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) C. magnifolia (34837)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) C. magnifolia (32045 32047)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Alaska) C. sp. (33504)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Russian Federation C. heterophylla (34772) C. heterophylla, C. intermedia (34628 34800) C. intermedia (34627 34771 34775 34788 34792 34793 34794 34796 34798 34799 34801 34803 34804)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9USA (Alaska) C. intermedia (34390 34621) C. sp. (33500 34619 34622 34623)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) C. heterophylla (31905 32027 35012 35070)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) C. heterophylla (35093)