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Anthophyta

Taxonomy
Anthophyta was named as a phylum. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Anthophyta by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008).

It was assigned to Plantae by Shoshani et al. (1989); and to Magnoliophyta by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Anthophyta Shoshani et al. p. 434
2008Anthophyta Benzecry and Brack-Hanes p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumMagnoliophytaCronquist et al.
—Anthophyta
—Anthophyta

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.

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G. †Aquilapollenites Rouse 1957
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†Aquilapollenites minimus Belsky et al. 1965
G. †Cranwellia Srivastava 1966
Unr. †Liliopsida Kenrick and Crane 1997
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Unr. †Alismatidae
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Invalid names: Hydrocharitales Dumort 1829 [empty], Triuridales [empty]
G. †Limnocarpus Reid 1898
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†Limnocarpus cooperi Chandler 1961
†Limnocarpus enormis Chandler 1961
†Limnocarpus forbesi Heer 1862
†Limnocarpus headonensis Gardner 1898
†Limnocarpus magnus Chandler 1961
Invalid names: Liliophyceae Kenrick and Crane 1997 [replaced]
G. †Loranthacites Mtchedlishvili 1961
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†Loranthacites nataliae Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 227.30000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Anthophyta indet. (55493)
Cretaceous - Paleocene143.1 - 56.0USA (Alaska) Cranwellia sp. (238595)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Bevhalstea pebja (119697)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (224605)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Miocene100.5 - 5.333China (Xingjian) Cranwellia sp. (140039)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Alaska) Anthophyta indet. (51920)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cranwellia striata, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites asper, Aquilapollenites calvus, Aquilapollenites clarireticulatus, Aquilapollenites reticulatus, Aquilapollenites trialatus, Aquilapollenites tripodiformis, Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites sp. (207022)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites calvus, Aquilapollenites trialatus, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites turbidus (22659) Cranwellia rumseyensis, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (227125) Cranwellia striata, Aquilapollenites asper, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites calvus, Aquilapollenites clarireticulatus, Aquilapollenites trialatus, Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (55352) Cranwellia striata, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites calvus, Aquilapollenites tripodiformis, Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (22655) Cranwellia striata, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites tripodiformis, Aquilapollenites trialatus, Aquilapollenites reticulatus, Aquilapollenites clarireticulatus, Aquilapollenites calvus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites asper, Aquilapollenites amplus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (36264)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (31122)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites trialatus, Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (123351)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvilii, Aquilapollenites turbidus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (73891)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Aquilapollenites sp. (71073)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cranwellia rumseyensis, Aquilapollenites macgregorii, Aquilapollenites spinulosus, Aquilapollenites dolium, Aquilapollenites decorus, Aquilapollenites validus, Aquilapollenites polaris, Aquilapollenites aptus, Aquilapollenites augustus, Aquilapollenites drumhellerensis, Aquilapollenites hirsutus (52072)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cranwellia sp. (150237)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.6 - 61.66Antarctica Cranwellia striata (167438) Cranwellia striata, Cranwellia sp. (168697)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Senegal (Dakar) Aquilapollenites minimus (137365)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Cranwellia rumseyensis, Cranwellia striata, Aquilapollenites decorus, Aquilapollenites fusiformis, Aquilapollenites reticulatus, Loranthacites pilatus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus, Aquilapollenites sp. (51889)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Yukon) Aquilapollenites reductus (52892)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria (Gombe) Aquilapollenites minimus (163729)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Amur) Aquilapollenites reticulatus, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (47029)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Aquilapollenites reticulatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus (11917) Cranwellia edmontonensis, Aquilapollenites funkhouseri, Aquilapollenites macgregori, Aquilapollenites minutus, Aquilapollenites psilatus (32698) Cranwellia rumseyensis (32893) Cranwellia striata, Cranwellia rumseyensis, Cranwellia edmontonensis, Aquilapollenites amplus, Aquilapollenites polaris, Aquilapollenites spinulosus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites funkhouseri, Aquilapollenites macgregori, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites psilatus, Aquilapollenites minutus (32522)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis (60169)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Aquilapollenites sp. (238297 238301 238305 238310 238369 238377) Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (238299 238300 238385) Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (238309) Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites sp. (238368)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Heilongjiang) Aquilapollenites subtilis, Aquilapollenites stelkii (79034)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites catenireticulatus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites senonicus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (84455) Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites collaris (234616) Aquilapollenites collaris (234572 234620) Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234576) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234586) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234588) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234599) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234618) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites collaris (234420) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234617) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis (234602 234603) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234619) Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites senonicus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234421) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis (234575) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234587) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234574) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili (234600) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis (234589) Aquilapollenites oblatus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234573) Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234585) Cranwellia edmontonensis, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites quadricretaeus, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234615) Cranwellia edmontonensis, Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites reductus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234422)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Canada (Manitoba) Cranwellia sp. (232095)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Aquilapollenites collaris (234594) Aquilapollenites collaris, Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234612) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis (234628) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites attenuatus (234614) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites collaris (234582) Aquilapollenites marmarthensis, Aquilapollenites reductus (234610) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili (234624) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites collaris (234627) Aquilapollenites mtchedlishvili, Aquilapollenites collaris (234584 234613) Aquilapollenites quadrilobus (234623)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Canada (Alberta) Aquilapollenites sp. (22835)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Nei Mongol) Aquilapollenites subtilis (71074)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alaska) Aquilapollenites sp. (238282) Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites sp. (238384) Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites mancicorpus type (238375)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Liliopsida Monocotyledonae TY130 (133059) Liliopsida Monocotyledonae TY098, Liliopsida Monocotyledonae TY130 (133047) Liliopsida Monocotyledonae TY130, Liliopsida ? Arecaceae TY179 (133054) Liliopsida TY130 (133063) Liliopsida cf. Arecaceae TY165 (133045)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Limnocarpus forbesi, Limnocarpus enormis (210090) Limnocarpus sp., Limnocarpus cooperi, Limnocarpus magnus (21244)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Limnocarpus headonensis (27721)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Aquilapollenites spp. (236829 237089)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Limnocarpus forbesi (24107 24108)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Limnocarpus forbesi (24109) Limnocarpus headonensis (27778)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Limnocarpus forbesi (27663 27664)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Peru (Loreto) Loranthacites pelusoides (144474)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand Cranwellia striata (169166)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Limnocarpus eseri (106002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Azuay) Liliopsida NB (31047 31052) Liliopsida NB, Liliopsida NC (31022 31050 31074) Liliopsida NC (31051) Liliopsida NR (31021) Liliopsida NS (31071) Liliopsida monocot NC (31012)