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Magnoliid

Angiospermae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Magnoliidae Upchurch and Dilcher
1993Magnoliidae McIver and Basinger
1994Magnoliidae Upchurch et al.
2000Magnoliidae Mabberley
2008Magnoliidae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2011Magnoliid Jud
2016Magnoliid The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
Mesangiosperms
Magnoliid
Magnoliid

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.

Unr. Magnoliid Jud 2011
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G. †Cronquistiflora Crepet and Nixon 1998
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Cronquistiflora sayrevillensis Crepet and Nixon 1998
G. †Detrusandra Crepet and Nixon 1998
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Detrusandra mystagoga Crepet and Nixon 1998
Invalid names: Magnoliidae [objective synonym]
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 Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (699 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Sassafras parvofilium (31384)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Virginia) Potomacanthus lobatus (106469)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (South Dakota) Sassafras Mudgii (34868)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Georgia) Malapoenna horrenellensis (212691)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Laurophyllum kurtzi, Laurophyllum hickenii, Laurophyllum proteaefolium (153393)
Barremian - Cenomanian125.77 - 93.9Germany Mauldinia angustiloba (114699)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) Lauraceae indet. (68835)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Virginia) Landonia calophylla, Pabiania sp. 1 (20897)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3USA (Virginia) Virginianthus calycanthoides (31672)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Sassafras bradleyii (102759)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Sassafras mudgii (102718 102722) Sassafras mudgli (29018)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5USA (Virginia) Sassafras bilobata (106317)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Laurus aspensis, Sassafras bradleyi (31174)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Sassafras sp. (34726)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Archaeanthus linnenbergeri (28530)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Laurus aspensis, Sassafras bradleyi (34972)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Cinnamomum heeri (35067) Laurophyllum flexuosum (31888 31902) Platanus latiloba (35005 35069)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Laurophyllum sp. (35090)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum hesperium (31187)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Maryland) Mauldinia mirabilis (31101 34829)