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Ginkgoopsida
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| Description | Ginkgoales or Ginkgophyte is a gymnosperm order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgo tree. It is monotypic, (the only taxon) within the class Ginkgoopsida, which itself is monotypic within the division Ginkgophyta. The order includes five families, of which only Ginkgoaceae remains extant. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgoopsida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ginkgoopsida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (7.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 384 - 382 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Ginkgo, Ginkgos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgoopsida |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Umaltolepididae ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Calamopityales order | listed (PBDB) | 130 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Callistophytales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 71 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Caytoniales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 279 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Czekanowskiales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1,232 | 254 Ma Permian | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ephedrales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 918 | 273 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ginkgoales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,275 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Karkeniales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leptostrobales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pentoxylales ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 809 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Calamopityaceae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 130 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Caytoniaceae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 278 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Cornucarpaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pentoxylaceae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 809 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Kiritchkovia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Linguifolium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Ginkgoopsida Engler p. 341 |
| 1984 | Ginkgoopsida Meyen p. 88 |
| 1995 | Ginkgoopsida McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Ginkgoopsida Mabberley |
| 2001 | Ginkgoopsida Doweld p. xiii |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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