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Bombacaceae

Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Bombaceae Knowlton
2000Bombacaceae Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderMalvales
familyBombacaceaeKunth
familyBombacaceaeKunth

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.

Fm. †Bombacaceae Kunth
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G. †Bacutriporites Du Chene et al. 1978
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†Bacutriporites echinatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bacutriporites orluensis Du Chene et al. 1978
G. †Bombacacidites Couper 1960
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†Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
†Bombacacidites assamicus Sah and Dutta 1968
†Bombacacidites brevis Dueñas 1980
†Bombacacidites fossureticulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus Müller et al. 1987
†Bombacacidites gonzalezii Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites grahamii Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites psilatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites simplireticulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
†Bombacacidites soleaformis Müller et al. 1987
†Bombacacidites trilobatus Mathur and Chopra 1987
G. †Bombacites Berry 1916
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†Bombacites formosus Berry 1916
†Bombacites orientalis Lakhanpal 1955
†Bombacites wilcoxianus Berry 1916
G. Bombax Linnaeus 1753 [cotton tree]
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†Bombax virginiensis Fontaine 1889
Invalid names: Salmalia Schott and Endlicher 1832 [synonym]
G. Eriodendron de Candolle 1824
G. Pachira Aublet 1775
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†Pachira palaeomalabarica Prasad et al. 2004
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 Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 125.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Chiapas) Bombacaceae indet. (68835)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Bombacacidites sp. A (232058)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) Bombacacidites brevis (195707)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica Bombacacidites bombaxoides (167434 167438) Bombacacidites bombaxoides, Bombacacidites sp. (168697)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Bombacacidites brevis (199410) Bombacacidites sp. (150882) Bombacacidites sp. 1 (151452)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Bombacacidites isoreticulatus (151455 151457 151460) Bombacacidites sp. 1 (151454 151458)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Bombacacidites reticulatus (231960 231963)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) Bombacacidites annae (151717 151835)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Bombacacidites sp. (149172)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (233017 233018)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Colombia Bombacacidites annae (28433 28435 28438 28565 28568) Bombacacidites annae, Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus (28417 28434 28564) Bombacacidites protofeoreticulatus, Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae (28436) Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae (28567) Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae, Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus (28439 28563)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Venezuela (Zulia) Bombacacidites annae (150340 150341 150344 151727 151729 151731 151734 151736 151739 151742 151745 151746 151747 151750 151751 151753 151758 151759 151761 151764)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Bombacacidites spp. (11090 11092 11093 11094 11102 33759 33760 33761 33762 33764 33766 33768 33770 33772 33773 33779 33786 33789 33791 33804 33806 33816 33818 33820 33823 33829 33830 33834 33838 33839)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Bombacites orientalis, Eriodendron sp. (224709)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica Bombacacidites sp. A (169272 169274 169275) Bombacacidites sp. A, Bombacacidites protocostatus (169273)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Colombia Bombacacidites grahamii, Bombacacidites psilatus (29080) Bombacacidites soleaformis (29143)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Venezuela (Zulia) Bombacacidites sp. (151767 151768 151777 151778 151779 151781 151794 151803 151813 151816 151821)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Bombacacidites kettigensis, Bombacacidites tilioides, Bombacacidites sp. (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Bombacacidites sp. (32238)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Venezuela Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites soleaformis (212369)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia Bacutriporites echinatus, Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (28865) Bombacacidites brevis (29076 29077) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus, Bombacacidites gonzalezii, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (29073) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (28863) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis, Bombacacidites simplireticulatus (28861) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites gonzalezii, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (29074) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (29078) Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis, Bombacacidites psilatus (29156) Bombacacidites fossureticulatus (28862 28864) Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus (29148) Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (28775 28866) Bombacacidites psilatus (29155 29158) Bombacacidites psilatus, Bombacacidites simplireticulatus (29159) Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae (29075) Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus, Bombacacidites gonzalezii, Bombacacidites soleaformis (29079)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Bombax sp. (169358)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Bombacacidites nacimientoensis (233001)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) Bombacacidites sp. (34364) Bombacacidites tillioides, Bombacacidites sp. (34365)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Bombacacidites paulus (16542)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Bombacacidites baumfalki (144474)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Bombax sepultiflorum (113682)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Bombacacidites baculatus (112579)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Bombax aramariensis (32009)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Bombax prebarrigon (34145)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Bombax rhodognaphalon (22390)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Pachira palaeomalabarica (222797)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Salmalia sp. (228761 228776)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Salmalia malabarica (228785) Salmalia sp. (228811 228812)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Bombacaceae indet. (228809)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Salmalia sp. (228820)