Podocarpaceae

Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly southern hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 201 species of trees and shrubs. It contains 20 genera if Phyllocladus is included and Manoao and Sundacarpus are accepted. The family achieved its maximum diversity in the Cenozoic, making it one of the most diverse in the southern hemisphere.

Podocarpaceae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
podocarpPBDB
Sits inside
ConiferalesPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 305 million years on record.

The record covers at least 306 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 312.8 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 6 of 4311 occurrencesPermian — about 148 of 4311 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 25 of 4311 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 146 of 4311 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 319 of 4311 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 308 of 4311 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 377 of 4311 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 342 of 4311 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 515 of 4311 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 764 of 4311 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 463 of 4311 occurrencesEocene — about 327 of 4311 occurrencesOligocene — about 123 of 4311 occurrencesMiocene — about 219 of 4311 occurrencesPliocene — about 9 of 4311 occurrencesPleistocene — about 218 of 4311 occurrences319–308 Mya — about 4 occurrences308–298 Mya — about 3 occurrences298–287 Mya — about 11 occurrences287–277 Mya — about 14 occurrences277–266 Mya — about 8 occurrences266–255 Mya — about 66 occurrences255–245 Mya — about 108 occurrences245–234 Mya — about 146 occurrences234–223 Mya — about 105 occurrences223–213 Mya — about 75 occurrences213–202 Mya — about 96 occurrences202–191 Mya — about 139 occurrences191–181 Mya — about 110 occurrences181–170 Mya — about 188 occurrences170–160 Mya — about 288 occurrences160–149 Mya — about 193 occurrences149–138 Mya — about 142 occurrences138–128 Mya — about 62 occurrences128–117 Mya — about 118 occurrences117–106 Mya — about 210 occurrences106–96 Mya — about 175 occurrences96–85 Mya — about 93 occurrences85–74 Mya — about 99 occurrences74–64 Mya — about 672 occurrences64–53 Mya — about 350 occurrences53–43 Mya — about 159 occurrences43–32 Mya — about 122 occurrences32–21 Mya — about 134 occurrences21–11 Mya — about 173 occurrences11–0 Mya — about 248 occurrences306 Mya11.7 ka319 Mya0 Mya

4,311 occurrences of Podocarpaceae 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

4,311 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

615 formations

Monte Chico — 51.59°S, 72.41°WMonte Chico — 51.18°S, 72.29°WChorrillo — 50.48°S, 72.56°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.83°WLefipán — 42.58°S, 69.98°WSaharonim — 31.67°N, 34.83°ESaharonim — 31.60°N, 34.70°ESaharonim — 31.67°N, 34.58°ECerro Cazador — 51.59°S, 72.41°WCerro Cazador — 51.18°S, 72.22°WLa Colonia — 42.99°S, 67.67°WLa Colonia — 43.10°S, 67.75°WLa Colonia — 43.01°S, 67.62°WLa Colonia — 42.50°S, 66.50°WLa Colonia — 42.97°S, 67.54°WHuitrera — 41.04°S, 71.20°WHuitrera — 40.63°S, 70.98°WHuitrera — 42.50°S, 70.00°WHuitrera — 40.67°S, 71.08°WTaratu — 45.37°S, 170.45°ETaratu — 43.18°S, 171.78°ESalamanca — 45.82°S, 69.03°WSalamanca — 45.29°S, 67.04°WSalamanca — 45.40°S, 67.12°WSalamanca — 43.55°S, 66.27°WSalamanca — 45.81°S, 69.06°WSalamanca — 45.91°S, 69.21°WSalamanca — 45.07°S, 66.98°WSalamanca — 47.53°S, 68.17°WChenque — 45.86°S, 67.57°WChenque — 45.30°S, 69.03°WAllen — 37.92°S, 68.48°WAllen — 38.78°S, 67.93°WAllen — 38.77°S, 68.01°WAllen — 40.68°S, 66.15°WAllen — 39.93°S, 66.59°WBathurst Island — 11.79°S, 130.23°EBathurst Island — 11.78°S, 130.35°EHidden Lake — 63.87°S, 57.99°WSanta Clara — 28.57°N, 110.21°WSanta Clara — 28.51°N, 110.19°WSanta Clara — 28.56°N, 109.34°WSanta Clara — 28.58°N, 109.67°WSanta Clara — 28.55°N, 109.35°WGevanim — 31.67°N, 34.83°EGevanim — 31.60°N, 34.70°EGevanim — 31.67°N, 34.58°ECerro Dorotea — 51.59°S, 72.41°WCerro Dorotea — 51.58°S, 72.34°WBhuj — 23.79°N, 68.85°EBhuj — 23.32°N, 69.77°EBhuj — 23.60°N, 69.00°EBhuj — 23.29°N, 69.70°EBhuj — 23.48°N, 69.27°EBhuj — 23.18°N, 69.38°EBhuj — 23.08°N, 69.32°EBhuj — 23.28°N, 69.36°EBhuj — 23.10°N, 69.43°ETambo — 27.34°S, 135.72°ETambo — 29.13°S, 140.88°EKachaike — 49.06°S, 72.14°WKachaike — 48.82°S, 72.12°WKachaike — 49.00°S, 72.00°WRiachuelo — 10.65°S, 37.04°WPedro Luro — 38.89°S, 62.10°WPedro Luro — 38.81°S, 62.19°WPedro Luro — 39.50°S, 62.68°WPedro Luro — 38.90°S, 62.53°WPautut — 70.25°N, 54.50°WRunnymede — 37.37°S, 140.90°ECullen — 52.87°S, 68.41°WCullen — 53.00°S, 68.67°W

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The named rock units Podocarpaceae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 591 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,294 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Podocarpaceae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

1,095 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,152 sites for Podocarpaceae, 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

536 references

Each of the 4,311 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. 524 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 Podocarpaceae

Credit
Mark Marathon
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Podocarpaceae 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. Endlicher 1847