Podozamites

Podozamites is an extinct genus of fossil conifer leaves. In its broader sense, it has been used as a morphogenus to refer to any broad leaved multi-veined conifer leaves. Modern broad-leaved conifers with a similar form include Agathis in the family Araucariaceae and Nageia in Podocarpaceae, with some Podozamites sensu lato probably belonging to the same families.

Podozamites

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 190 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 66 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 928 occurrencesPermian — about 3 of 928 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 928 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 14 of 928 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 230 of 928 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 242 of 928 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 240 of 928 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 128 of 928 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 61 of 928 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 10 of 928 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 928 occurrences304–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–287 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences287–279 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences279–271 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences271–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences263–255 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences255–247 Mya — about 2 occurrences247–239 Mya — about 9 occurrences239–231 Mya — about 36 occurrences231–223 Mya — about 45 occurrences223–215 Mya — about 48 occurrences215–207 Mya — about 48 occurrences207–199 Mya — about 91 occurrences199–191 Mya — about 77 occurrences191–182 Mya — about 67 occurrences182–174 Mya — about 69 occurrences174–166 Mya — about 171 occurrences166–158 Mya — about 81 occurrences158–150 Mya — about 51 occurrences150–142 Mya — about 61 occurrences142–134 Mya — about 8 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 6 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 13 occurrences118–110 Mya — about 13 occurrences110–102 Mya — about 16 occurrences102–94 Mya — about 10 occurrences94–86 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences86–77 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences77–69 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences69–61 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences274.4 Mya83.6 Mya304 Mya61 Mya

928 occurrences of Podozamites on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

928 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

344 formations

Corwin — 68.84°N, 163.16°WCorwin — 68.82°N, 162.18°WCorwin — 68.94°N, 162.98°WCorwin — 68.95°N, 162.95°WCorwin — 69.08°N, 162.88°WCorwin — 69.09°N, 162.84°WCorwin — 69.27°N, 162.79°WCorwin — 69.33°N, 162.56°WCorwin — 69.34°N, 162.41°WCorwin — 69.45°N, 162.69°WCorwin — 69.50°N, 162.72°WCorwin — 69.50°N, 162.76°WNovorayskaya Suite — 48.80°N, 37.60°ENovorayskaya Suite — 48.60°N, 37.50°ENovorayskaya Suite — 48.60°N, 37.40°EOzhogino Suite — 66.40°N, 149.50°EOzhogino Suite — 66.10°N, 148.90°EOzhogino Suite — 65.60°N, 149.40°EDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 52.50°EDzharsu Suite — 44.40°N, 51.30°EDzharsu Suite — 43.10°N, 54.90°EDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 51.90°EBasal and coal-bearing Suite — 42.50°N, 78.70°EBasal and coal-bearing Suite — 42.60°N, 79.00°ELishan — 25.40°N, 117.40°ELishan — 24.50°N, 117.40°ELishan — 27.50°N, 117.50°ELishan — 27.00°N, 118.40°EUpper Dep Suite — 52.90°N, 127.60°EUpper Dep Suite — 53.10°N, 127.30°EUpper Dep Suite — 53.10°N, 127.90°ESteierdorf — 45.08°N, 21.85°EZhiluo — 40.30°N, 110.00°EZhiluo — 35.10°N, 109.00°EZhiluo — 36.00°N, 106.20°EZhiluo — 38.90°N, 105.60°EXishanyao — 44.00°N, 89.00°EXishanyao — 44.00°N, 88.00°EXishanyao — 44.00°N, 87.20°EXishanyao — 42.60°N, 93.20°EBataowuan — 43.00°N, 93.20°EBataowuan — 44.00°N, 88.00°EBataowuan — 43.00°N, 89.10°EBataowuan — 42.80°N, 88.60°EHongqi — 42.80°N, 126.40°EHongqi — 48.00°N, 122.80°EErbek Suite — 51.60°N, 94.20°EErbek Suite — 51.50°N, 95.50°EUpper Korkino Suite — 54.80°N, 61.80°EItat — 56.10°N, 93.10°EItat — 56.30°N, 90.50°EHeiberg — 80.27°N, 84.87°WHeiberg — 79.62°N, 84.83°WHeiberg — 78.75°N, 88.72°WHeiberg — 79.26°N, 89.35°WDameigou — 36.20°N, 98.00°EDameigou — 38.00°N, 95.40°EDameigou — 38.00°N, 91.80°EDameigou — 36.90°N, 98.50°ELamaya — 28.90°N, 99.70°ELamaya — 30.00°N, 100.20°EDzhelon Suite — 55.00°N, 135.40°EDzhelon Suite — 55.20°N, 135.60°ELower Dzhizhikrut Suite — 39.20°N, 68.50°EKukpowruk — 68.81°N, 163.12°WKukpowruk — 68.89°N, 163.11°WKukpowruk — 69.15°N, 162.66°WKukpowruk — 69.30°N, 163.64°WKukpowruk — 69.31°N, 162.63°WYushanjian — 30.30°N, 119.70°EYushanjian — 29.30°N, 119.50°EYushanjian — 29.70°N, 120.20°ELinshan — 28.40°N, 117.50°ELinshan — 27.30°N, 115.10°ELinshan — 27.90°N, 114.90°ELinshan — 27.00°N, 114.20°EDabao — 41.60°N, 125.00°EDabao — 41.40°N, 124.00°E

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The named rock units Podozamites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 320 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 263 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Podozamites and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Podozamites and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

370 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 613 sites for Podozamites, 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

214 references

Each of the 928 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. 202 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 Podozamites

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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. Braun 1843