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Glyptostrobus (Chinese swamp cypress)

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Glyptostrobus was named by Endlicher (1847). It is extant.

It was reranked as Taxodium (Glyptostrobus) by Fontaine (1890).

It was assigned to Taxodium by Fontaine (1890); to Taxodieae by Knowlton (1919); to Taxodiaceae by Christophel (1976), Hickey (1977), McIver and Basinger (1993) and Liu et al. (1996); and to Taxodioideae by Gadek et al. (2000) and Ahuja and Neale (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Glyptostrobus Endlicher
1890Taxodium (Glyptostrobus) Fontaine
1919Glyptostrobus Knowlton
1976Glyptostrobus Christophel
1977Glyptostrobus Hickey
1993Glyptostrobus McIver and Basinger
1996Glyptostrobus Liu et al.
2000Glyptostrobus Gadek et al.
2002Glyptostrobus Ahuja and Neale p. 93 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyTaxodioideae
genusGlyptostrobusEndlicher 1847

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. Glyptostrobus Endlicher 1847 [Chinese swamp cypress]
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†Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833
Glyptostrobus pensilis Koch 1873 [Chines swamp cypress]
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Quaternary or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (306 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Glyptostrobus comoxensis (35174 35184 35189 35193 35196 35219)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Glyptostrobus sp. (27363)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus sp. (27359 27366 27368)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Glyptostrobus sp. (52072)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus sp. (96781)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Glyptostrobus europaeus (31955)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus HC9 (48199 48213 48218 48225) Glyptostrobus europaeus (25059 25461 25465 25473 48248 48268 48269)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus europaeus (25006 25009 25451 25460 25463 25466 48177 48178)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11340 11366 11368)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (53605 53844 53945 53946 53962)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Glyptostrobus nordenskioeldii (10670 22833)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus sp. (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (34887 46089)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (40094 40740 40745 53526 53600 53603 53838 53839 53846 53948 55858)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (40061 52953 53016 53068 53076)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (58028 58032 58037)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Mexico) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (43161)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (40775 40780 40940 43311 57967 57985 57987 57994)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Dakota) Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi (58007)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11351)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24953 24954 24962 24965)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11333 11341 11361 11362 11403)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28656 64106)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus europaeus (10803 10810 10811 10970 10981)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11348 11352 11355 11372 11373 11377 11378 11379 11380 11382 11384 11386 11444 11445 11459 28647 28653 28657 28659 28660 28661 28662 28668 28669 28671 28672 28674 28678 28680 28681 28682 28683 28685 28686 28687 28688 28689 28690 28691 28692)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Glyptostrobus sp. (121046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24463 24476 24481 24488)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Heilongjiang) Glyptostrobus europaeus (223823)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus sp. (223891)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Glyptostrobus sp. (22996)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11336 11337 11338 11339 11342 11343 11350 11363 11364 11365 11370 11394 11395 11396 11400 11406 11463 11472 11473 11474 11475 11476 11477 11489 11490 11493 11495 11496 11502)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (11344 11345 11346 11347 11354 11455 11460 11461 11464 11465 11466 11467 11469 11470 11471)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28728 28731 28733 28734)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Glyptostrobus europaeus (10802)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Glyptostrobus europaeus (227791)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Japan Glyptostrobus sp. (70902)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Glyptostrobus europaeus (223815)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Nunavut) Glyptostrobus sp. (139662)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Glyptostrobus sp. (10744 22890 22966 23001)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22849 22886)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22844)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Glyptostrobus sp. (31673)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22888 22889 23114 23663 23669 23673 23781 23891) Glyptostrobus sp. (23782)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus, Glyptostrobus europaeaus (26748)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Glyptostrobus europaeaus (26514) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24183 24534)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Glyptostrobus sp. (116637)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (23894 23897)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (23906 23907)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jilin) Glyptostrobus europaeus (223816)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Glyptostrobus europaeus (46327)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Glyptostrobus oregonensis (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Glyptostrobus pensilis (22820)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22787 22789 22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Russian Federation Glyptostrobus europaeus (113705)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Glyptostrobus sp. (116625)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28280 28282 28283 28284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Saxen) Glyptostrobus europaeus (23674)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (23060 23062 23685) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27378) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (23049 23052)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27279)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27530 27547 27548 27552)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28442) Glyptostrobus sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Tomsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24078)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Glyptostrobus oregonensis (35412)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Glyptostrobus oregonensis (27525)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22898) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (27278) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27376) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (27515)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (22899 23055 23348 23611 27013) Glyptostrobus europaeus (22928 23045 23598 23608 23661 27016) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (23050 23056 23058 23059 27011 27523)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (27064)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27930 28046 28053 28055 28056 28057 28113 28116 28117 28118 28133)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27918 27919 27920 27921 27925 27927 27929 28044)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Glyptostrobus europaeus (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Glyptostrobus europaeus (24286 24320)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Glyptostrobus europaeus (27928)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Glyptostrobus europaeus (21222)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) Glyptostrobus pensilis (22827)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Glyptostrobus nodulosa (27277)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Iwate) Glyptostrobus europaeus (56300)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28134)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus (22771)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Glyptostrobus europaeus (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Glyptostrobus europaeus, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquata (22778)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Glyptostrobus pensilis (101021)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Vietnam Glyptostrobus sp. (224536)