Cercidiphyllum

Cercidiphyllum is a genus containing two species of plants, both commonly called katsura. They are the sole members of the monotypic family Cercidiphyllaceae. The genus is native to Japan and China and unrelated to Cercis (redbuds).

Cercidiphyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
katsuraPBDB
Sits inside
CercidiphyllaceaePBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Angiospermae

Time the record covers

At least 69 million years on record.

The record covers at least 72.2 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 774 ka.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 262 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 40 of 262 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 142 of 262 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 52 of 262 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 12 of 262 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 14 of 262 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 2 of 262 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 262 occurrences102–99 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences99–96 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences92–89 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences82–79 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences79–75 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 3 occurrences72–68 Mya — about 20 occurrences68–65 Mya — about 28 occurrences65–61 Mya — about 42 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 39 occurrences58–55 Mya — about 54 occurrences55–51 Mya — about 19 occurrences51–48 Mya — about 6 occurrences48–44 Mya — about 5 occurrences44–41 Mya — about 6 occurrences41–38 Mya — about 6 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 1 occurrence34–31 Mya — about 5 occurrences31–27 Mya — about 5 occurrences27–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–14 Mya — about 5 occurrences14–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–6.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.8–3.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.4–0 Mya — about 3 occurrences72.2 Mya2.58 Mya102 Mya0 Mya

262 occurrences of Cercidiphyllum on record, most of them in the Paleocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

262 occurrences

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. More on what this infers.

Found in

47 formations

Fort Union — 45.00°N, 109.00°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 — 44.20°N, 107.88°WFort Union — 44.50°N, 108.33°WFort Union — 46.51°N, 103.86°WFort Union — 46.45°N, 103.88°WFort Union — 46.34°N, 103.86°WFort Union — 46.46°N, 103.97°WFort Union — 42.28°N, 108.11°WFort Union — 41.59°N, 109.25°WFort Union — 43.03°N, 104.63°WFort Union — 47.10°N, 104.72°WFort Union — 43.87°N, 108.17°WFort Union — 47.55°N, 101.22°WFort Union — 46.92°N, 103.52°WFort Union — 46.42°N, 105.83°WFort Union — 43.88°N, 108.52°WFort Union — 44.53°N, 109.05°WFort Union — 44.90°N, 107.03°WFort Union — 44.92°N, 106.85°WFort Union — 44.92°N, 105.93°WFort Union — 46.10°N, 109.95°WFort Union — 43.90°N, 107.52°WFort Union — 46.02°N, 101.72°WFort Union — 40.59°N, 107.69°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 45.97°N, 106.22°WFort Union — 45.88°N, 106.62°WFort Union — 46.09°N, 106.72°WFort Union — 46.87°N, 105.44°WFort Union — 48.18°N, 110.12°WFort Union — 45.83°N, 109.95°WFort Union — 45.15°N, 105.68°WFort Union — 46.52°N, 108.08°WFort Union — 46.78°N, 105.46°WFort Union — 45.99°N, 109.72°WFort Union — 44.80°N, 106.95°WFort Union — 43.97°N, 106.58°WFort Union — 43.93°N, 108.65°WFort Union — 41.37°N, 109.21°WFort Union — 41.34°N, 109.21°WFort Union — 45.47°N, 103.21°WFort Union — 45.92°N, 101.55°WFort Union — 47.40°N, 103.25°WFort Union — 46.92°N, 103.83°WFort Union — 41.55°N, 108.63°WFort Union — 46.43°N, 105.24°WFort Union — 44.88°N, 108.87°WFort Union — 44.85°N, 108.75°WFort Union — 41.71°N, 108.62°WHell Creek — 46.39°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.82°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.85°WHell Creek — 46.30°N, 103.89°WHell Creek — 46.32°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 49.32°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.02°N, 103.76°WHell Creek — 45.39°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.16°N, 103.83°WHell Creek — 46.32°N, 104.96°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.94°WWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 107.00°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.33°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.18°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.14°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.09°WWillwood — 44.19°N, 108.59°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 110.00°WWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WGolden Valley — 46.88°N, 102.78°WGolden Valley — 46.98°N, 102.05°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.08°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 101.55°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.58°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 102.67°WGolden Valley — 47.82°N, 102.77°WGolden Valley — 47.37°N, 103.02°WGolden Valley — 47.38°N, 103.26°WJohn Day — 44.64°N, 120.30°WJohn Day — 45.00°N, 120.20°WJohn Day — 44.95°N, 120.33°WJohn Day — 44.15°N, 120.31°WJohn Day — 44.57°N, 119.63°WChallis Volcanics — 44.37°N, 114.24°WRavenscrag — 49.51°N, 109.02°WEvanston — 41.27°N, 110.97°WCoalmont — 40.73°N, 106.28°WCoalmont — 40.62°N, 106.10°WCoalmont — 40.72°N, 106.17°WTullock — 46.41°N, 105.84°WTullock — 46.58°N, 105.88°WTullock — 45.45°N, 105.40°WKlondike Mountain — 48.65°N, 118.73°WPaskapoo — 54.33°N, 118.75°WRenova — 45.20°N, 112.16°WRenova — 45.50°N, 112.50°WLance — 43.09°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.17°N, 104.59°WCretaceous — 43.09°N, 104.53°WMiddle Park — 40.07°N, 106.10°WRaton — 36.95°N, 104.33°WFort Union? — 43.02°N, 106.09°WFort Union? — 43.04°N, 104.77°WWuyun — 49.28°N, 129.67°EAllenby — 49.45°N, 120.57°WCanning — 69.86°N, 145.27°WCanning — 69.92°N, 143.40°WSagavanirktok — 69.75°N, 148.62°WTatman — 44.19°N, 108.58°WYagii — 36.08°N, 139.17°E

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The named rock units Cercidiphyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 23 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 34 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cercidiphyllum and its relatives

Paleocene

Where Cercidiphyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Paleocene.

Found in the same rock

845 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 222 sites for Cercidiphyllum, and this reads all 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

40 references

Each of the 262 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. 28 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 content2

Picture of Cercidiphyllum

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3D model

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The description on this site

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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. Siebold and Zuccarini 1846