Equisetales

Equisetales is an order of subclass Equisetidae with only one living family, Equisetaceae, containing the genus Equisetum (horsetails), as well as a variety of extinct groups, including the tree-like Calamitaceae.

Equisetales

Olivier Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 358 million years on record.

The record covers at least 358.86 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 382.31 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 8 of 3527 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 584 of 3527 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 910 of 3527 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 78 of 3527 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 122 of 3527 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 554 of 3527 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 430 of 3527 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 474 of 3527 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 132 of 3527 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 62 of 3527 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 34 of 3527 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 41 of 3527 occurrencesEocene — about 67 of 3527 occurrencesOligocene — about 6 of 3527 occurrencesMiocene — about 18 of 3527 occurrencesPliocene — about 2 of 3527 occurrencesPleistocene — about 7 of 3527 occurrences390–377 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences377–364 Mya — about 3 occurrences364–351 Mya — about 46 occurrences351–338 Mya — about 70 occurrences338–325 Mya — about 72 occurrences325–312 Mya — about 190 occurrences312–299 Mya — about 210 occurrences299–286 Mya — about 265 occurrences286–273 Mya — about 183 occurrences273–260 Mya — about 236 occurrences260–247 Mya — about 304 occurrences247–234 Mya — about 184 occurrences234–221 Mya — about 211 occurrences221–208 Mya — about 150 occurrences208–195 Mya — about 246 occurrences195–182 Mya — about 205 occurrences182–169 Mya — about 335 occurrences169–156 Mya — about 276 occurrences156–143 Mya — about 104 occurrences143–130 Mya — about 11 occurrences130–117 Mya — about 18 occurrences117–104 Mya — about 26 occurrences104–91 Mya — about 21 occurrences91–78 Mya — about 5 occurrences78–65 Mya — about 17 occurrences65–52 Mya — about 72 occurrences52–39 Mya — about 27 occurrences39–26 Mya — about 11 occurrences26–13 Mya — about 11 occurrences13–0 Mya — about 17 occurrences358.86 Mya129 ka390 Mya0 Mya

3,527 occurrences of Equisetales on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

3,527 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

733 formations

Pottsville — 33.82°N, 87.42°WPottsville — 33.00°N, 87.00°WPottsville — 33.81°N, 87.17°WCape Stewart — 70.50°N, 22.60°WSaltwick — 54.40°N, 1.00°WSaltwick — 54.50°N, 0.75°WSaltwick — 54.30°N, 0.40°WSaltwick — 54.50°N, 1.00°WSaltwick — 54.37°N, 1.25°WSaltwick — 54.33°N, 0.50°WEstcourt — 28.50°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.33°EEstcourt — 28.83°S, 29.67°EEstcourt — 29.00°S, 29.83°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.80°S, 29.79°EEstcourt — 28.50°S, 32.00°EMolteno — 29.50°S, 29.50°EMolteno — 30.50°S, 29.00°EMolteno — 28.57°S, 29.05°EMolteno — 31.10°S, 26.50°EMolteno — 31.50°S, 28.00°EMolteno — 31.48°S, 26.47°EMolteno — 31.47°S, 26.43°EMolteno — 31.50°S, 27.92°EMolteno — 31.47°S, 26.83°EMolteno — 31.57°S, 26.22°EMolteno — 30.68°S, 28.52°EMolteno — 31.50°S, 27.00°EMolteno — 31.05°S, 26.80°EMolteno — 31.57°S, 26.27°EMolteno — 30.60°S, 26.95°EMolteno — 30.48°S, 27.10°EMolteno — 30.68°S, 26.95°EMolteno — 31.62°S, 27.52°EFort Union — 45.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 109.03°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.02°N, 103.76°WFort Union — 42.28°N, 108.11°WFort Union — 41.33°N, 109.24°WFort Union — 41.16°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 41.14°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.46°N, 108.71°WFort Union — 41.57°N, 108.58°WFort Union — 46.42°N, 103.98°WFort Union — 47.10°N, 104.72°WFort Union — 46.96°N, 104.90°WFort Union — 44.37°N, 107.60°WFort Union — 47.13°N, 107.52°WFort Union — 46.00°N, 106.10°WFort Union — 43.70°N, 104.70°WFort Union — 47.97°N, 102.55°WFort Union — 47.00°N, 103.00°WShanxi — 39.90°N, 111.80°EShanxi — 39.60°N, 111.00°EShanxi — 38.00°N, 114.00°EShanxi — 41.80°N, 126.50°EShanxi — 35.20°N, 109.90°EShanxi — 34.20°N, 113.50°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 105.60°EShanxi — 41.20°N, 123.80°EShanxi — 39.40°N, 121.80°EShanxi — 40.70°N, 120.80°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 99.60°EShanxi — 38.50°N, 102.20°EShanxi — 38.20°N, 106.40°EShanxi — 36.80°N, 118.10°EShanxi — 39.40°N, 111.00°EWaterford — 33.08°S, 22.42°EWaterford — 32.00°S, 20.50°EWaterford — 33.08°S, 22.53°EWaterford — 33.20°S, 22.55°EWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.18°N, 108.59°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 107.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.33°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 110.00°WWillwood — 44.40°N, 108.84°WTaiyuan — 39.90°N, 111.80°ETaiyuan — 37.50°N, 105.20°ETaiyuan — 41.80°N, 126.50°ETaiyuan — 35.50°N, 110.40°ETaiyuan — 40.00°N, 116.20°ETaiyuan — 39.60°N, 111.00°ETaiyuan — 34.70°N, 116.60°ETaiyuan — 39.70°N, 106.80°ETaiyuan — 38.80°N, 99.60°ETaiyuan — 34.20°N, 113.50°ETaiyuan — 38.80°N, 105.60°ETaiyuan — 38.20°N, 106.40°ECarbondale — 38.18°N, 87.33°WCarbondale — 41.00°N, 88.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 90.00°WSanta Clara — 28.58°N, 109.66°WSanta Clara — 28.56°N, 110.20°WSanta Clara — 28.55°N, 109.35°WSanta Clara — 28.55°N, 109.34°WSanta Clara — 28.50°N, 109.50°WSanta Clara — 28.57°N, 109.21°WManebacher — 50.80°N, 10.60°ERaniganj — 23.80°N, 84.60°ERaniganj — 23.80°N, 85.70°ERaniganj — 23.70°N, 86.30°ERaniganj — 23.80°N, 85.20°ERaniganj — 23.60°N, 83.40°ERaniganj — 23.30°N, 81.10°ERaniganj — 23.90°N, 87.00°ERaniganj — 23.62°N, 87.03°EBreathitt — 37.08°N, 83.70°WBarakar — 23.80°N, 84.60°EBarakar — 23.80°N, 85.70°EBarakar — 23.20°N, 82.30°EBarakar — 24.60°N, 87.50°EBarakar — 23.30°N, 81.10°EBarakar — 23.90°N, 87.00°EBarakar — 21.00°N, 85.20°EBarakar — 23.80°N, 86.26°EBarakar — 23.78°N, 86.92°EBarakar — 25.74°N, 89.89°EBurgersdorp — 30.68°S, 26.72°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 27.00°EBurgersdorp — 30.72°S, 26.65°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 26.00°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 26.33°EBurgersdorp — 31.67°S, 27.33°EGoldlauterer — 50.80°N, 10.60°ESteierdorf — 45.08°N, 21.85°ELinshan — 28.40°N, 117.50°ELinshan — 27.00°N, 116.00°ELinshan — 27.30°N, 115.10°ELinshan — 28.40°N, 118.30°ELinshan — 27.90°N, 114.90°ELinshan — 27.00°N, 114.20°ELinshan — 26.00°N, 115.50°ECorwin — 68.84°N, 163.16°WCorwin — 68.82°N, 162.18°WCorwin — 68.94°N, 162.98°WCorwin — 68.95°N, 162.95°WCorwin — 69.10°N, 162.89°WCorwin — 69.13°N, 162.70°WCorwin — 69.09°N, 162.84°WCorwin — 69.27°N, 162.77°WCorwin — 69.33°N, 162.56°WCorwin — 69.34°N, 162.41°WCorwin — 69.50°N, 162.72°WCorwin — 69.51°N, 162.78°WLawrence Shale — 38.83°N, 95.38°WLawrence Shale — 38.00°N, 95.00°WLawrence Shale — 39.00°N, 95.00°WLawrence Shale — 38.85°N, 95.27°WLawrence Shale — 38.55°N, 95.43°WLawrence Shale — 38.77°N, 95.18°WDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 52.50°EDzharsu Suite — 44.40°N, 51.30°EDzharsu Suite — 43.10°N, 54.90°EDzharsu Suite — 43.60°N, 53.60°EDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 51.90°EWild Cow — 34.75°N, 106.25°WWild Cow — 34.95°N, 106.30°W

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The named rock units Equisetales has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 709 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,138 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Equisetales and its relatives

Permian

Where Equisetales and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

870 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,063 sites for Equisetales, 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

597 references

Each of the 3,527 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. 585 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 Equisetales

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

No 3D scan of Equisetales was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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What may have been alongside itEquisetidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dumortier 1829