Angiospermae

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae. The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον and σπέρμα, meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. The group was formerly called Magnoliophyta.

Angiospermae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpermatophytaPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB

Time the record covers

At least 346 million years on record.

The record covers at least 346.7 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 5 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 5 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 1 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 5 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 1 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 2 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 45 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 425 of 12000 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 984 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 3048 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 1287 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 5207 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 764 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 218 of 12000 occurrences366–354 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences354–342 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences342–329 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences329–317 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences317–305 Mya — about 2 occurrences305–293 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences293–281 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences281–268 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences268–256 Mya — about 3 occurrences256–244 Mya — about 1 occurrence244–232 Mya — about 2 occurrences232–220 Mya — about 2 occurrences220–207 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences207–195 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences195–183 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences183–171 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences171–159 Mya — about 1 occurrence159–146 Mya — about 2 occurrences134–122 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences122–110 Mya — about 15 occurrences110–98 Mya — about 35 occurrences98–85 Mya — about 24 occurrences85–73 Mya — about 122 occurrences73–61 Mya — about 419 occurrences61–49 Mya — about 2312 occurrences49–37 Mya — about 1178 occurrences37–24 Mya — about 1406 occurrences24–12 Mya — about 3098 occurrences12–0 Mya — about 3372 occurrences346.7 Mya11.7 ka366 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Angiospermae on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 85 formations

Fort Union — 45.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.36°N, 108.06°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 108.05°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 109.03°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 44.21°N, 107.90°WFort Union — 44.50°N, 108.33°WFort Union — 44.16°N, 107.85°WFort Union — 44.27°N, 107.97°WFort Union — 46.47°N, 104.01°WFort Union — 46.52°N, 103.86°WFort Union — 46.47°N, 103.84°WFort Union — 46.35°N, 103.87°WFort Union — 46.02°N, 103.76°WFort Union — 46.35°N, 103.87°WFort Union — 46.28°N, 103.81°WFort Union — 46.91°N, 101.44°WFort Union — 46.39°N, 103.96°WFort Union — 42.00°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 42.28°N, 108.11°WFort Union — 41.16°N, 108.92°WFort Union — 41.14°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.46°N, 108.71°WFort Union — 41.57°N, 108.58°WFort Union — 41.54°N, 109.26°WFort Union — 41.52°N, 108.62°WFort Union — 41.59°N, 109.25°WFort Union — 41.33°N, 109.24°WFort Union — 41.14°N, 109.06°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.19°N, 108.60°WWillwood — 44.17°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.51°N, 108.25°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 107.00°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.18°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.14°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.09°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 110.00°WWillwood — 44.40°N, 108.84°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WLondon Clay — 52.00°N, 0.82°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 52.02°N, 1.43°ELondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.75°WLondon Clay — 51.78°N, 1.17°ELondon Clay — 51.45°N, 0.13°WLondon Clay — 51.50°N, 0.75°ELondon Clay — 51.83°N, 1.25°ELondon Clay — 51.62°N, 0.32°WLondon Clay — 51.67°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.78°N, 2.27°WLondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.13°ELondon Clay — 50.63°N, 3.47°WLondon Clay — 50.93°N, 1.48°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°EWasatch — 41.91°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 41.16°N, 108.93°WWasatch — 41.93°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 41.71°N, 107.85°WWasatch — 41.69°N, 108.20°WWasatch — 41.83°N, 108.04°WWasatch — 41.92°N, 108.17°WWasatch — 41.83°N, 108.38°WWasatch — 41.34°N, 108.77°WWasatch — 41.69°N, 107.88°WWasatch — 41.37°N, 108.79°WWasatch — 42.33°N, 108.22°WWasatch — 41.47°N, 108.70°WWasatch — 41.64°N, 108.76°WItahana — 36.25°N, 138.50°EItahana — 36.25°N, 139.00°EItahana — 36.50°N, 139.00°EItahana — 36.32°N, 138.85°EGreen River — 39.78°N, 107.87°WGreen River — 39.00°N, 110.10°WGreen River — 39.00°N, 110.00°WGreen River — 41.10°N, 109.30°WGreen River — 41.84°N, 109.35°WHell Creek — 46.30°N, 103.88°WHell Creek — 46.39°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 46.02°N, 103.76°WHell Creek — 46.21°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.13°N, 103.79°WArcillas de el Limbo — 4.90°N, 73.02°WSepulcher — 44.00°N, 109.00°WSepulcher — 40.00°N, 110.00°WSepulcher — 44.00°N, 111.00°WSepulcher — 44.00°N, 110.00°WOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.35°EOkinoyama — 34.00°N, 131.00°ESan Fernando — 4.90°N, 73.02°WAreniscas de el Limbo — 4.90°N, 73.02°WRenova — 45.20°N, 112.16°WRenova — 45.50°N, 112.50°WOgawa — 36.50°N, 138.00°EOgawa — 36.42°N, 138.08°EGolden Valley — 45.50°N, 103.25°WGolden Valley — 47.25°N, 102.09°WGolden Valley — 46.88°N, 102.78°WGolden Valley — 46.98°N, 102.00°WGolden Valley — 47.98°N, 102.05°WGolden Valley — 46.98°N, 102.05°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.08°WGolden Valley — 47.31°N, 102.11°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 101.55°WGolden Valley — 46.75°N, 102.75°WGolden Valley — 47.13°N, 101.82°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.58°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 102.67°WGolden Valley — 46.97°N, 102.62°WGolden Valley — 47.17°N, 102.83°WGolden Valley — 47.08°N, 102.83°WGolden Valley — 47.38°N, 101.95°WGolden Valley — 48.13°N, 102.54°WGolden Valley — 47.62°N, 102.75°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 102.82°WGolden Valley — 47.82°N, 102.77°WGolden Valley — 47.10°N, 102.98°WGolden Valley — 47.37°N, 103.02°WGolden Valley — 47.38°N, 103.26°WMotojuku — 36.25°N, 138.75°EMiddlegate — 39.25°N, 117.88°WYagii — 36.08°N, 139.17°EHeadon Beds — 50.75°N, 1.60°WEagle — 44.98°N, 108.87°WNgorora — 0.88°N, 35.80°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°EEifel — 50.10°N, 6.84°E

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The named rock units Angiospermae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 61 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6,862 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

900 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 240 sites for Angiospermae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 125 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 113 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Angiospermae

Credit
Aiwok
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.