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Trapaceae

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Trapaceae

Taxonomy
Trapaceae was named by Dumortier.

It was assigned to Myrtiflorae by Hickey (1977); and to Myrtales by McIver and Basinger (1993), Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Trapaceae Hickey
1993Trapaceae McIver and Basinger
2000Trapaceae Mabberley
2008Trapaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyTrapaceaeDumortier
familyTrapaceaeDumortier

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. †Trapaceae Dumortier
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G. †Hemitrapa Miki 1941
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G. †Prototrapa Vasil'yev 1967
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†Prototrapa douglassi Vasil'yev 1967
G. Trapa Linnaeus 1753 [water caltrop]
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†Trapa alabamensis Berry 1914
†Trapa americana Knowlton 1898
†Trapa angulata Brown 1962
†Trapa borealis Heer 1869
†Trapa cuneata Knowlton 1900
†Trapa microphylla Lesquereux 1875
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Invalid names: Neuropteris angulata Newberry 1861 [synonym]
†Trapa mohgaoensis Paradkar and Patki 1987
Trapa natans Linnaeus 1753
†Trapa occidentalis Knowlton 1898
†Trapa wilcoxensis Berry 1914
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Trapa sp. (94370)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Trapa microphylla (34921 34922 34967 34968 34970 35577)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Trapa angulata (43284)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Trapa angulata (40098 40100 53845) Trapa paulula (55857)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Trapa sp. (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Trapa angulata (57939 57986 57987 57990) Trapa paulula (41227)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Trapa mohgaoensis (224606)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Trapa sp. (24322)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Gunma) Trapa angusticerata, Trapa macropoda, Trapa mamminifera (22768)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Trapa angulata (10810)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Sichuan) Trapa paulula (223847)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71China (Guangdong) Trapa paulula (223802)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Trapa sp. (23663 23669)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Germany (Sachsen) Trapa silesiaca (26765)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Trapa irtyshensis (23907) Trapa sp. (23908)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Fujian) Trapa sp. (223929)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Hebei) Trapa natans (223818)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Trapa natans (22390)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Hemitrapa heissigii (27530 27547)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Tomsk) Trapa sp. (24081)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Hemitrapa teumeri (27516)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Trapa sp. (24078 24079)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Hemitrapa heissigii (22899 23025 23042 23046 23054 23055 23355 23611 23666 23677 27379) Hemitrapa teumeri (27514)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Inner Mongolia) Trapa borealis (223946)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Trapa sp. (27064)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Trapa sp. (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Trapa sp., Trapa protojaponica (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Trapa dolichocarpa (24320) Trapa irtyshensis, Trapa excelsa (24098) Trapa sp. (24094 24099 24286 24317)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Trapa heerii (28046 28055 28132)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Trapa sp. (21222)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) Trapa anteformata, Trapa incisa (22827)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Russian Federation (Omsk) Trapa sp. (24096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Trapa sp. (223878)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringen) Trapa heerii (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Trapa sp. (22780)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774China (Sichuan) Trapa sp. (223871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China Trapa sp. (51471)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Kyoto City) Trapa macropoda, Trapa sp. (168071)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu & Kashmir) Trapa bispinosa, Trapa natans (225944 225945 226733)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Trapa natans (223990)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Trapa bispinosa, Trapa natans (224612 224751)