Dicksoniaceae

Dicksoniaceae is a group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016, and counting 30-40 species. Alternatively, the family may be sunk into a very broadly defined family Cyatheaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Dicksonioideae. Most of the genera in the family are terrestrial ferns or have very short trunks compared to tree ferns of the family Cyatheaceae sensu stricto. However, some of the larger species can reach several metres in height. A number of others are epiphytes. They are found mostly in tropical regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as far south as southern New Zealand. Larger tree ferns in the genus Cibotium were formerly included in Dicksoniaceae, but are now segregated as the family Cibotiaceae.

Dicksoniaceae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FilicalesPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 254 million years on record.

The record covers at least 254.14 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 557 occurrencesPermian — about 4 of 557 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 557 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 1 of 557 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 557 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 5 of 557 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 12 of 557 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 23 of 557 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 90 of 557 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 207 of 557 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 92 of 557 occurrencesEocene — about 25 of 557 occurrencesOligocene — about 12 of 557 occurrencesMiocene — about 22 of 557 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 557 occurrencesPleistocene — about 61 of 557 occurrences305–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–285 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences285–274 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences274–264 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences264–254 Mya — about 3 occurrences254–244 Mya — about 1 occurrence203–193 Mya — about 2 occurrences193–183 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences183–173 Mya — about 5 occurrences173–163 Mya — about 9 occurrences163–152 Mya — about 11 occurrences152–142 Mya — about 12 occurrences142–132 Mya — about 4 occurrences132–122 Mya — about 3 occurrences122–112 Mya — about 27 occurrences112–102 Mya — about 50 occurrences102–91 Mya — about 37 occurrences91–81 Mya — about 28 occurrences81–71 Mya — about 36 occurrences71–61 Mya — about 196 occurrences61–51 Mya — about 14 occurrences51–41 Mya — about 11 occurrences41–30 Mya — about 11 occurrences30–20 Mya — about 14 occurrences20–10 Mya — about 14 occurrences10–0 Mya — about 66 occurrences254.14 Mya11.7 ka305 Mya0 Mya

557 occurrences of Dicksoniaceae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

557 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

83 formations

Monte Chico — 51.59°S, 72.41°WMonte Chico — 51.18°S, 72.29°WChorrillo — 50.50°S, 72.56°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.83°WLefipán — 42.58°S, 69.98°WKrivorechenskaya — 64.48°N, 168.92°EHidden Lake — 63.87°S, 57.99°WCerro Cazador — 51.59°S, 72.41°WCerro Cazador — 51.18°S, 72.22°WRío Turbio — 51.28°S, 72.16°WRío Turbio — 51.60°S, 72.30°WRío Turbio — 51.47°S, 72.23°WLa Colonia — 43.10°S, 67.75°WLa Colonia — 43.02°S, 67.66°WLa Colonia — 43.01°S, 67.62°WLa Colonia — 42.97°S, 67.54°WCorwin — 68.84°N, 163.16°WCorwin — 68.82°N, 162.18°WCorwin — 68.94°N, 162.98°WCorwin — 68.95°N, 162.95°WCorwin — 69.09°N, 162.84°WCorwin — 69.33°N, 162.56°WCorwin — 69.34°N, 162.41°WCorwin — 69.51°N, 162.76°WWhisky Bay — 63.87°S, 58.08°WWhisky Bay — 63.83°S, 58.13°WCerro Dorotea — 51.59°S, 72.41°WKotick Point — 64.00°S, 58.36°WKotick Point — 64.01°S, 58.35°WKachaike — 49.15°S, 72.07°WKachaike — 49.06°S, 72.14°WKachaike — 48.82°S, 72.12°WKachaike — 49.00°S, 72.00°WSalamanca — 45.40°S, 67.12°WSalamanca — 45.29°S, 67.04°WSalamanca — 45.81°S, 69.06°WChenque — 45.86°S, 67.57°WChenque — 45.30°S, 69.03°WRio Mayer — 49.06°S, 72.14°WRio Mayer — 48.82°S, 72.12°WSanta Marta — 63.88°S, 57.96°WSanta Marta — 64.27°S, 57.30°WMonte León — 50.16°S, 68.41°WMonte León — 50.13°S, 68.40°WMonte León — 47.03°S, 66.80°WCullen — 52.87°S, 68.41°WCullen — 53.00°S, 68.67°WLower Saltwick — 54.30°N, 0.40°WCloughton — 54.30°N, 0.40°WCloughton — 54.17°N, 0.25°WKukpowruk — 69.00°N, 162.89°WKukpowruk — 69.15°N, 162.66°WKukpowruk — 69.31°N, 162.63°WHuitrera — 42.50°S, 70.00°WHuitrera — 40.67°S, 71.08°WHuitrera — 41.04°S, 71.20°WTambo — 29.13°S, 140.88°E

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The named rock units Dicksoniaceae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 59 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 140 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Dicksoniaceae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Dicksoniaceae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,357 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 272 sites for Dicksoniaceae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

94 references

Each of the 557 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. 82 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 Dicksoniaceae

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No 3D scan of Dicksoniaceae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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. Schomb 1849