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Corylus (hazel)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Corylus Linnaeus p. 998
1899Corylus Knowlton
1919Corylus Knowlton
1977Corylus Hickey
1996Corylus Liu et al.
2000Corylus Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyBetulaceae
genusCorylus

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. Corylus Linnaeus 1753 [hazel]
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†Corylus acutertiaria Hickey 1977
Corylus americana Walter 1788
Corylus colurna Linnaeus 1753
Corylus ferox Wallich 1830
†Corylus fosteri Ward 1885
†Corylus harrimani Knowlton 1904
†Corylus insignis Heer 1871
†Corylus macquarrii Forbes 1851
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Invalid names: Corylus grandifolia Newberry 1868 [synonym]
†Corylus orbiculata Newberry 1868
†Corylus palachei Knowlton 1904
Corylus rostrata Aiton 1789
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 Puercan to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 63.3 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Corylus FU079 (25453)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Corylus insignis (53692 53957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Corylus bellatula (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Corylus insignis (57973 57996 57998)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Corylus insignis (40092 40094 40272 40442 40891 53526 53608 53846)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Corylus insignis (39899)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Corylus insignis (58037 58082 58088)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Corylus fosteri (223817)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Canada (Nunavut) Corylus macquarrii (102072)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Corylus insignis (11478)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Corylus acutertiaria (10810 10811 10981 10983)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Corylus insignis (11374 11420)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Corylus sp. (227994)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Corylus primigenia (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Corylus sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Corylus macquarri (112315 112316 112317)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Corylus acutertiaria (10979)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Corylus macquarrii (227791 227797)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Corylus laxinervis (223815)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) Corylus sp. (27665)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Corylus insignis (24315)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Corylus sp. (23663)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Corylus sp. (116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) Corylus sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Corylus sp.1, Corylus sp.2 (23907)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Corylus sp. (231824)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Corylus subsieboldiana (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Corylus sp. (28280 28282)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Corylus sp., Corylus macquarrii (223803)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Corylus sp. (79793)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Corylus avellana (28442)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Corylus subsieboldiana (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Corylus avellana (23041) Corylus macquarii (27512)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Corylus sp. (126605 187324)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Corylus sp. (152251)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Corylus subsieboldiana (21239)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Corylus avellana (28046)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Corylus heterophylla, Corylus subsieboldiana (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Jiangsu) Corylus sp. (223931)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Corylus avellana, Corylus acuminata (21222)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Corylus avellana (27277)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Corylus sp. (168063)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Corylus avellana (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Corylus sp. (232121 232124 232126 232145 232146 232148)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Jiangsu) Corylus sp. (223932)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Corylus avellana (51757)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Corylus avellana (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Corylus sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Corylus avellana (22778 22779)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Corylus sp. (69541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Corylus sp. (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Corylus sp. (168071)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Corylus sp. (61887)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Corylus sp. (224613 224614 224715 224751) Corylus sp., Corylus ferox (224612)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Corylus sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu & Kashmir) Corylus sp. (225945)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Corylus colurna (228760) Corylus sp. (228776) Corylus sp., Corylus colurna (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Corylus sp. (228774 228775 228777 228778)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Corylus sp. (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Corylus indet. (79919)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Jammu and Kashmir) Corylus sp. (228782)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Corylus sp. (228764 228780 228781)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Corylus sp. (168083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Corylus sp. (228783)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Corylus sp. (228762 228763 228773)