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Taxodieae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Taxodieae Knowlton
1926Taxodieae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
subfamilyTaxodieae
subfamilyTaxodieae

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.

Subfm. Taxodieae
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G. †Athrotaxopsis Fontaine 1889
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Athrotaxopsis expansa Fontaine 1890
Athrotaxopsis grandis Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Athrotaxopsis pachyphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Cunninghamites Presl 1838
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Cunninghamites dubiosus Feistmantel 1877
Cunninghamites elegans Corda 1846
Cunninghamites recurvatus Hosius and von der Marck 1900
G. †Cyparissidium Heer 1874
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Cyparissidium gracile Heer 1868
G. †Geinitzia Endlicher 1847
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Geinitzia biforma Lesquereux 1875
Geinitzia cretacea Endlicher 1847
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Invalid names: Sedites rabenhorstii Geinitz 1842 [replaced]
Geinitzia formosa Heer 1871
Geinitzia jenneyi Fontaine 1899
Geinitzia reichenbachi Geinitz 1842
Invalid names: Sedites Geinitz 1842 [synonym]
G. †Inolepis Heer 1874
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Inolepis imbricata Heer 1874
G. †Pseudogeinitzia Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
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Pseudogeinitzia sequoiiformis Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
G. †Sphenolepidium Heer 1881
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Sphenolepidium drakensbergi Ellenberger 1970
Sphenolepidium leloalengense Ellenberger 1970
Sphenolepidium matelilense Ellenberger 1970
Sphenolepidium oregonense Fontaine 1905
Sphenolepidium pachyphyllum Fontaine 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 290.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30483)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30384 30421 30430 30433 30434 30435 30480 30496 30615)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3South Africa (Gauteng) Cyparissidium sp. A (14271)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30683)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Ukraine Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30957)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7South Africa Sphenolepidium sp. 1, Sphenolepidium sp. 2 (30889)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Cyparissidium rudlandicum (24264)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian171.6 - 166.1United Kingdom Cyparissidium blackii (35123)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian171.6 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Cyparissidium blackii (24274)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Cunninghamites dubiosus (224686)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Anhui) Cyparissidium sp. 1 (29632)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Fujian) Cyparissidium sp. 1 (29603)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Cyparissidium falsanii (24422 24425)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Sphenolepidium Kurrianum (34838 34839) Sphenolepidium Kurrianum, Geinitzia Jenneyi (34865) Sphenolepidium Kurrianum, Geinitzia Jenneyi, Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis (34837)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Cyparissidium gracile (31384)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Buryat) Cyparissidium gracile (58196)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Cyparissidium gracile (24839)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Cyparissidium gracile (24892 24895)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Cyparissidium gracile (229463)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Virginia) Athrotaxopsis sp. (20897)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Charente-Maritime) Geinitzia reichenbachii (119082)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Geinitzia formosa (35090 35091)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Italy (Gorizia) Cunninghamites elegans (103811)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Geinitzia formosa (35082 35085 35093)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Geinitzia reichenbachii (29010)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Geinitzia reichenbachii (28410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Cunninghamites elegans (210092)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Geinitzia formosa (24180)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Geinitzia sp. (168549)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Cunninghamites elegans (212694)