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Coniferae

Coniferae

Taxonomy
Coniferae was named by de Jussieu. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pinophyta by Srivastava (1991).

It was assigned to Gymnospermae by Kräusel (1939).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Coniferae Kräusel
1981Coniferoovulites Yawale and Karanjekar

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferaede Jussieu
orderConiferaede Jussieu

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. Coniferae de Jussieu
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G. †Protophyllocladoxylon Kräusel 1939
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Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae Pujana et al. 2014
Protophyllocladoxylon indicum Pant and Singh 1987
Invalid names: Coniferoovulites Yawale and Karanjekar 1981 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 303.70000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Coniferae indet. (217001 217003)
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (West Bengal) Protophyllocladoxylon indicum (229240)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India Protophyllocladoxylon sp. 1 (30166)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30582)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30591)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Germany (Nordrhein-Westphalen) Coniferae indet. (22727)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Niger (Agadez) Protophyllocladoxylon chudeaui (37200)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Coniferae indet. (27314 27369 27370)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Coniferoovulites intertrapea (224606)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae (168816)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae (168818)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Coniferae indet. (27778)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Coniferae indet. (22886)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Coniferae indet. (46277)