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Araucarites

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Synonyms
  • Kaidacarpum was named by Carruthers (1868). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Araucarites by Seward (1919).

    It was assigned to Pandanaceae by Carruthers (1868).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Araucarites Presl
1868Kaidacarpum Carruthers
1919Araucarites Knowlton
1961Araucarites Chandler p. 23
1963Araucarites Chandler p. 39
1964Araucarites Chandler p. 104
1970Araucarites Andrews
1976Araucarites Lakhanpal et al.
1991Araucarites Chandra and Tewari
1994Araucarites Upchurch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusAraucaritesPresl 1833

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. †Araucarites Presl 1833
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Araucarites aquiensis Fontaine
Araucarites bindrabunensis Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Araucarites chiquito Ward 1900
Araucarites cuneatus Ward 1899
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel 1876
Araucarites fibrosa Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
Araucarites goepperti Presl 1838
Araucarites indica Lele 1962
Araucarites janaianus Bose and Banerji 1984
Araucarites macropterus Feistmantel 1877
Araucarites minutus Bose and Maheshwari 1973
Araucarites mittrii Bohra and Sharma 1980
Araucarites ooliticum Carruthers 1868
Araucarites ovatus Hollick 1897
Araucarites pennsylvanicus Fontaine 1900
Araucarites sehoraensis Bose and Maheshwari 1973
Araucarites selseyensis Chandler 1961
Araucarites virginicus Fontaine 1889
Araucarites wyomingensis Fontaine 1899
Araucarites yorkensis Fontaine 1900
Araucarites zeilleri Berry 1908
Invalid names: Kaidacarpum Carruthers 1868 [synonym]
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 Ypresian or 290.10000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (166 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (11147 24626)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Texas) A. sp. (24622)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Kansas) A. sp. (11155)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Colorado) A. sp. (11168)
Permian - Triassic298.9 - 201.3USA (Colorado) A. sp. (11167)
Sakmarian - Artinskian295.5 - 279.3Brazil (Santa Catarina) A. sp. 1 (29469)
Sakmarian - Kungurian295.5 - 272.3USA (Texas) A. sp. (11151 11152)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) A. sp. (24624)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. 1 (29445)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation A. sp. 1 (30721)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Virginia) A. aquiensis (20897)
Late/Upper Albian - Cretaceous105.3 - 66.0Antarctica A. sp. (32473)
Motuan103.3 - 99.6New Zealand A. sp. (83438)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) A. longifolia (34974)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) A. longifolia (27372)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) A. longifolia (27136 27314 27316 27358 27359 27360 27361 27366 27368) A. longifolia, A. sp. (27370) A. sp. (27135)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) A. longifolia (24180)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) A. longifolia (34921)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) A. selseyensis (210089 210090) A. sp. (21249 22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (27721)