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Cotoneaster

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

Taxonomy
Cotoneaster was named by Medikus (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rosaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Cotoneaster Medikus
1976Cotoneaster Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cotoneaster Chauhan
1996Cotoneaster Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyRosaceae
genusCotoneasterMedikus 1789

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.

G. Cotoneaster Medikus 1789
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Cotoneaster nummularius Fischer and von Meyer 1836
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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. sheppyensis (22811)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) C. protozabelii (223803)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) C. wackersdorfensis (28280)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) C. goepertii (27512) C. sp. (23661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) C. salicifolius (222695)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) C. sp. (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) C. sp. (224430)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) C. gailensis (22778)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Sichuan) C. microphyllus (223871)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) C. bacillaris (224612 224613) C. microphyllus, C. nummularius (224614)