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Abietineae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Taxonomy
Abietineae was named as a family. It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Abietineae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926).

It was assigned to Gymnospermae by Ettinghausen (1880); to Pinaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Taxaceae by Knowlton (1926); and to Coniferales by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963), Chandler (1964) and Chandler (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Abietineae Ettinghausen p. 393
1919Abietineae Knowlton
1926Abietineae Knowlton
1961Abietineae Chandler p. 52
1963Abietineae Chandler p. 44
1964Abietineae Chandler p. 128
1978Abietineae Chandler p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
subfamilyAbietineae
subfamilyAbietineae

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. †Abietineae
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G. †Abietineaepollenites Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Abietineaepollenites ellipticus Kar and Sah 1970
Abietineaepollenites robustus Kar and Sah 1970
G. †Elatides Heer 1876
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Elatides brandtiana Heer 1876
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846
Elatides falcata Heer 1876
Elatides ovalis Heer 1876
G. †Laricopsis Fontaine 1889
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Laricopsis angustifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Laricopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
Laricopsis longifolia Fontaine 1889
G. †Paracedroxylon Sinnott 1909
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G. †Pinites Lindley and Hutton 1831
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Pinites pannonicus Unger 1845
G. †Pityoxylon Kraus 1870
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Pityoxylon aldersoni Knowlton 1898
Pityoxylon amethystinum Knowlton 1899
Pityoxylon annulatum Platen 1907
Pityoxylon anomalum Holden 1913
Pityoxylon columbina Penhallow 1907
Pityoxylon dakotense Knowlton 1900
Pityoxylon fallax Felix 1896
Pityoxylon foliosum Holden 1913
Pityoxylon hollicki Knowlton 1897
Pityoxylon inaequale Felix 1886
Pityoxylon krausei Felix 1886
Pityoxylon macclurii Cramer 1870
Pityoxylon pealei Knowlton 1896
Pityoxylon sandbergeri Kraus 1870
Pityoxylon scituatense Jeffrey and Chrysler 1906
Pityoxylon statenense Jeffrey and Chrysler 1906
Pityoxylon vateri Platen 1907
G. †Prepinus Jeffrey 1908
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Prepinus statenensis Jeffrey 1908
Prepinus viticetensis Jeffrey 1910
G. †Takliostrobus Sahni 1931
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Takliostrobus alatus Sahni 1931
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 Oligocene or 290.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (214 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Spain (Cantabria) Pinites permiensis (25376)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Germany (Eifel) Pinites ramosus (24735)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Germany (Eifel) Pinites goeppertianus (24742)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Afghanistan Elatides sp. 1 (29339)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Tajikistan Elatides sp. 1 (30897)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Shanxi) Elatides sp. 1, Elatides sp. 2 (29752)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Japan Elatides sp. 1 (30207)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania Elatides sp. (31070 31081)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Norway Abietineaepollenites sp. (33537)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Tajikistan Elatides sp. 1 (30919 30920 30921 30922)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Miocene100.5 - 5.333China (Xingjian) Abietineaepollenites sp. (140039)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Pityoxylon sp. (31193)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) Elatides curvifolia (196653)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Elatides sp. (179276)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Abietineaepollenites microalatus (150237)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Elatides longifolia (25911 25912 25920 25921 48182 48186 48191 48196 48201 48204 48273 48276 48293)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Elatides longifolia (48193)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Pinites patens (67133)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Manharashtra) Takliostrobus alatus (63896)
Paleocene - Oligocene66.0 - 23.03Canada (Nunavut) Abietineaepollenites sp. (102066)