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Taxodiaceae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Taxodiaceae Saporta
1974Taxodiaceae Ozaki
1976Taxodiaceae Christophel
1977Taxodiaceae Hickey
1983Taxodiaceae Hueber p. 272
1984Taxodiaceae Meyen p. 90
1993Taxodiaceae McIver and Basinger
1994Taxodiaceae Upchurch et al.
1995Taxodiaceae McLoughlin et al.
2000Taxodiaceae Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxodiaceaeSaporta 1865
familyTaxodiaceaeSaporta 1865

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. Taxodiaceae Saporta 1865
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G. †Austrosequoia Peters and Christophel 1978
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†Austrosequoia tasmanica Hill et al. 1993
G. †Cryptomeriopsis Stopes and Fujii 1910
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†Cryptomeriopsis antiqua Stopes and Fujii 1910
G. †Cunninghamiostrobus Stopes and Fujii 1910
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†Cunninghamiostrobus yabariensis Stopes and Fujii 1910
G. †Cupressacites Bolkhovitina 1956
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†Cupressacites ramchandrae Srivastava 1966
G. †Diceras Velenovsky 1889
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†Diceras cenomanicus Velenovsky 1889
G. †Dichandrium Velenovsky and Viniklar 1931
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†Dichandrium cretaceum Velenovsky and Viniklar 1931
G. †Enormicutis Schneider 1969
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†Enormicutis amplicavata Schneider 1969
G. †Ephedropsis Velenovsky and Viniklar 1926
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†Ephedropsis strobilifera Velenovsky and Viniklar 1926
G. †Farndalea Bose 1955
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†Farndalea fragilis Bose 1955
G. †Hillistrobus Chandler 1966
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†Hillistrobus axelrodi Chandler 1966
G. †Margeriella Page 1973
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†Margeriella cretacea Page 1973
G. †Otakauia Pole 1995
G. †Parataxodium Arnold and Lowther 1955
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†Parataxodium wigginsii Arnold and Lowther 1955
G. †Protosequoia Miki 1969
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G. †Sciadopityoxylon Schmalhausen 1879
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†Sciadopityoxylon vestuta Schmalhausen 1879
G. †Sciadopitytes Goeppert and Menge 1883
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†Sciadopitytes linearis Goeppert and Menge 1883
G. †Sequodium Nikitin 1965
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†Sequodium langsdorfii Nikitin 1965
G. †Sequoioxylon Yasui 1928
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†Sequoioxylon hondoense Yasui 1928
G. †Sewardiodendron Florin 1958
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†Sewardiodendron laxum Phillips 1875
G. †Sphenolepis Agassiz 1843
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†Sphenolepis kurriana Dunker 1846
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Invalid names: Glyptostrobus fastigiatus Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Sphenolepidium parceramosum Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Sphenolepidium virginicum Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Taxodium denticulatum Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Taxodium expansum Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Stenomischus Harris 1935
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†Stenomischus athrous Harris 1935
G. †Taiwanioxylon Khuraiberdyev 1958
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†Taiwanioxylon krasheninnikovii Jarmolenko 1958
G. †Tollia Sveshnikova and Budantsev 1969
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†Tollia cunninghamioides Sveshnikova and Budantsev 1969
G. †Turkestanioxylon Khudayberdyev 1971
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†Turkestanioxylon metasequoianum Khudayberdyev 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 227.30000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Ukraine Stenomischus sp. 1 (30952)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Tajikistan Stenomischus sp. 1 (30912)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7India (Rajasthan) Cupressacites ramchandrae (224684)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Tajikistan Stenomischus sp. 1 (30896)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Norway Sciadopitytes sp. (33537)
Pliensbachian - Bajocian192.9 - 168.2Russian Federation Stenomischus sp. 1 (30679)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Uzbekistan Sewardiodendron sp. 1 (30970)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Norway Sciadopitytes macrophylla, Sciadopitytes hallei (31063)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Ukraine Sciadopitytes sp. 1 (30963) Stenomischus sp. 1 (30961)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Kazakhstan Stenomischus sp. 1 (30235)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Zhejiang) Sphenolepis sp. 1 (29675 29796)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Jilin) Sphenolepis sp. 1 (29546 29744) Sphenolepis sp. 1, Parataxodium sp. 1 (29674)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Heilongjiang) Sphenolepis sp. 1 (29541 29542 29993) Sphenolepis sp. 1, Sphenolepis sp. 2 (29616 29991)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Anhui) Sphenolepis sp. 1 (29650)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Niger (Agadez) Taxodiaceae indet. (181364)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Malaysia Sphenolepis sp. 1 (30285)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Norway Sciadopitytes lagerheimii, Sciadopitytes persulcata, Sciadopitytes nathorstii (31086)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Portugal Sphenolepis choffati (24530)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Utah) Hillistrobus axelrodi (221973)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Sphenolepidium parceramosum (34837 34865)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Greenland Sciadopitytes borealis (23412 23415 23419 23439 23441 23505 23506 23512 23513)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Sphenolepis sternbergiana (73482)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Sphenolepis kurriana (28006)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Nei Mongol) Taxodiaceae indet. (46976)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Sphenolepis kurriana (73574 73584) Sphenolepis sternbergiana (73581)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Taxodiaceae indet. (232390)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2USA (Virginia) Taxodiaceae indet. (36515)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Virginia) Sphenolepis sternbergiana (20897)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Margeriella cretacea (229463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Parataxodium wigginsii (34195)
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) Cryptomeriopsis eluvialis (31455)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Otakauia sp. (170135 170878 170879 170886 170887 170888 170889 170894 170895 170898 170900)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Italy (Gorizia) Sphenolepis sp. (103811)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) T. Foliage Type 3 (28320)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) T. NE009 (31958) Taxodiaceae indet. (52856)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) T. RS001 (31960) T. RS013 (31959) Taxodiaceae indet. (27359 27365 27368 27370)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Taxodiaceae indet. (27372)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Taxodiaceae indet. (22689)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Margariella sp. (144764)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Taxodiaceae indet. (168549)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Taxodiaceae indet. (94370)
Edmontonian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) T. AF020 (31983)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) T. HC070 (31955)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) T. HC339 (48248)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Parataxodium sp. (54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Parataxodium sp. (60169)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Margeriella cretacea (191732)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Canada (Manitoba) Cupressacites hiatipites (232088 232089 232093 232094 232095 232096 232097)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Liaoning) Sequoioxylon sequoianum, Taiwanioxylon krasheninnikovii (223849)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Parataxodium sp. (21372)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) T. GR541 (28745 28746)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Taxodiaceae indet., Cupressacites insulipapillatus (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Taxodiaceae indet. (21220)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Cupressacites spp. (167130)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) Cupressacites spp. (168824)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Taxodiaceae indet. (221118)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Taxodiaceae indet. (45429 45430)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) Austrosequoia tasmanica (166705)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Taxodiaceae indet. (22844)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan Taxodiaceae indet. (116637)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Taxodiaceae indet. (22820)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Azerbaijan Taxodiaceae indet. (116625 116629 116635)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Taxodiaceae indet. (23686)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Taxodiaceae indet. (45451)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Cupressacites indet. (169355 169356)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Slovakia Taxodiaceae indet. (69715)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Taxodiaceae indet. (184470)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Taxodiaceae indet. (168063)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Taxodiaceae indet. (232112 232121 232122 232125 232126 232144 232145 232146 232148)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Mie) Taxodiaceae indet. (34496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Kishiwada city) Taxodiaceae indet. (168070)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Taxodiaceae indet. (22072)