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Marchantiaceae
Taxonomy
Marchantiaceae is a family.
It was assigned to Marchantiales by Knowlton (1919), Lapasha and Miller (1985).
It was assigned to Marchantiales by Knowlton (1919), Lapasha and Miller (1985).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Marchantiaceae Knowlton |
| 1985 | Marchantiaceae Lapasha and Miller |
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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. †Marchantiaceae
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G. Hygrophyla Taylor and MacKay 1836
G. Marchantia Linnaeus 1753
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Marchantia androgyna Linnaeus 1753
Marchantia chenopoda Linnaeus 1753
Marchantia conica Linnaeus 1753
Marchantia cruciata Linnaeus 1753
Marchantia hemisphaerica Linnaeus 1753
†Marchantia lignitica Brown 1962
†Marchantia pealei Knowlton 1908
Marchantia polymorpha Linnaeus 1753
Marchantia tenella Linnaeus 1753
G. †Marchantiolites Lundblad 1954
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†Marchantiolites blairmorensis Brown and Robison 1976
†Marchantiolites porosus Lundblad 1954
G. †Marchantites Brongniart 1849
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†Marchantites sesannensis Brongniart 1849
†Marchantites sinuatus Saporta 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 237.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 227.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 227.3 Ma
Collections (54 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carnian | South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) | Marchantites sp. (23002) | |
| Carnian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Marchantites sp. (23131 23142 23143 23259 23263) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Marchantites sp. (23172 23175 23222 23228 23229 23257 23322) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | Lesotho | Marchantites sp. (23128) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) | Marchantites sp. (23003 23015) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Kazakhstan | Marchantites sp. 1 (30217) | |
| Aalenian - Bathonian | Russian Federation | Marchantites sp. 1 (30768) | |
| Middle Jurassic | Russian Federation | Marchantites sp. 1 (30762) | |
| Bajocian - Bathonian | Turkmenistan | Marchantites sp. 1 (30950) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | China (Heilongjiang) | Marchantites sp. 1 (29947) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Portugal | Marchantites marchantiaeformis (24530) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Montana) | Marchantiolites sp. (24668) | |
| Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Marchantites dunbrodiensis (38305) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Canada (British Columbia) | Marchantites sp. (31384) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Montana) | Marchantiolites blairmorensis (21126 21130 21133 21136 21138 21139 21140 21151 21152 21153 21154 21156) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Russian Federation | Marchantites jimboi (34788) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Marchantia pealii (25461 25465 48218 48234 48244 48253) | |
| Puercan | USA (North Dakota) | Marchantia pealii (25458 25460 25466) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Marchantia pealei (53688 53691) Preissites wardi (53685) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Marchantia lignitica, Preissites wardii (40098) Marchantia pealei (40440) | |
| Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | Marchantia pealei (58027) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | China (Guangdong) | Marchantites sp. (223802) |