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Ceratophyllales

Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales

Taxonomy
Ceratophyllales was named by Link (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Magnoliidae by Mabberley (2000); to Angiospermae by Taylor et al. (2008); to Magnoliopsida by Jud (2011); and to Mesangiosperms by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ceratophyllales Link
2000Ceratophyllales Mabberley
2008Ceratophyllales Taylor et al. p. 1029
2011Ceratophyllales Jud
2016Ceratophyllales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Mesangiosperms
orderCeratophyllalesLink 1829
orderCeratophyllalesLink 1829

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.

Or. Ceratophyllales Link 1829
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Fm. Ceratophyllaceae Gray 1822 [hornwort]
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G. Ceratophyllum Linnaeus 1753
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Ceratophyllum demersum Linnaeus 1753
G. †Donlesia Dilcher and Wang 2009
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†Donlesia dakotensis Dilcher and Wang 2009
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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 106.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Ceratophyllum sp. (29018)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Donlesia dakotensis (138374)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico Ceratophyllum lesii (116342)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Ceratophyllum sp. (34894)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Ceratophyllum FU080 (25448)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (North Dakota) Ceratophyllum FU080 (25449)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Ceratophyllales indet. (224606)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Ceratophyllum muricatum (28745)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Ceratophyllum tenuicarpum (22849)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Ceratophyllum sp. (237756)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (25581)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Ceratophyllum submersum (23901)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Ceratophyllum sp. (23888) Ceratophyllum submersum (22889 23114 23663 23673 23891)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) Ceratophyllum submersum (23894)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Ceratophyllum submersum (23906 23908) Ceratophyllum submersum, Ceratophyllum demersum (23907)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Ceratophyllum miodemersum (223803)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Ceratophyllum submersum (28280)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) Ceratophyllum praedemersum (27702)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (23062)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (27548 27553)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Ceratophyllum sp. (24078)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (27515)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (22928 23054 23355 23609 23677 27011) Ceratophyllum pannonicum (23056 23610 23661)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (22897 22898)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Ceratophyllum lusaticum (27064)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Ceratophyllum submersum (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Ceratophyllum submersum (24094 24100 24287 24320 24321) Ceratophyllum submersum, Ceratophyllum demersum (24098 24286 24317)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Ceratophyllum miodemersum (22755)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Ceratophyllum submersum (27922)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Ceratophyllum demersum (28046) Ceratophyllum submersum (28055 28113 28132)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Ceratophyllum miodemersum (21256)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Ceratophyllum submersum, Ceratophyllum demersum (21222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Ceratophyllum demersum (28134)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Ceratophyllum protanaiticum (22771)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) Ceratophyllum demersum (28171)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Ceratophyllum demersum (51757 51758)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Ceratophyllum submersum, Ceratophyllum demersum (22781)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringen) Ceratophyllum protanaiticum (22783)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Ceratophyllum demersum (224612 224751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Ceratophyllum demersum (93677)