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Cupressineae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

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

It was reranked as the subfamily Cupressineae 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) and Chandler (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Cupressineae Ettinghausen p. 392
1919Cupressineae Knowlton
1926Cupressineae Knowlton
1961Cupressineae Chandler p. 61
1963Cupressineae Chandler p. 45
1964Cupressineae Chandler p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
subfamilyCupressineae
subfamilyCupressineae

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. †Cupressineae
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G. †Cupressites Brongniart 1828
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†Cupressites cookii Newberry 1868
†Cupressites hulmanni Brongniart 1828
G. †Moriconia Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
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†Moriconia americana Berry 1910
†Moriconia cyclotoxon Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
G. †Paracupressinoxylon Holden 1913
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†Paracupressinoxylon potomacense Sinnott and Bartlett 1916
G. †Thuyoxylum Unger 1842
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†Thuyoxylon americanum Unger 1852
†Thuyoxylum juniperinum Unger 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland Moriconia cyclotoxon (23419 23505 23509 23512 23513)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greenland Moriconia cyclotoxon (23417)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Moriconia cyclotoxon (29010)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Moriconia americana (210091)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Moriconia cyclotoxon (28410)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Moriconia cyclotoxon (31959) Moriconia sp. (27360 27370)