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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4890445	https://www.gbif.org/species/4890445
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	251329	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251329

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Liliales : Liliacidites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Liliales : Liliacidites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
subkingdom	Embryophyta	Crane et al. 2004
phylum	Angiospermae	Mabberley 2000
subclass	Monocotyledoneae
subclass	Liliidae
order	Liliales	Perleb 1826
genus	Liliacidites	R.A.Couper 1953

Scientific Name

Liliacidites R.A.Couper, 1953

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Liliacidites	genus	belongs to Liliales	stated with evidence	Couper, 1953
Liliacidites	genus	belongs to Liliaceae	stated without evidence	Jarzen, 1982

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene

Diet

photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. Archangelsky and M. C. Zamaloa. 1986. Nuevas descripciones palinológicas de las formaciones Salamanca y Bororo, Paleoceno de Chubut (República Argentina). Ameghiniana 23(1-2):35-46

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest
👁 Image Liliacidites aviemorensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites contortus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
👁 Image Liliacidites crassatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Liliacidites crassibaculatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites crassilabratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites hungaricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Liliacidites inequalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Liliacidites intermedius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites kaitangataensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	26	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites lanceolatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	55.8 Ma Eocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
👁 Image Liliacidites lenticularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Liliacidites ligniticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Liliacidites microreticulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Liliacidites nigeriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Liliacidites peroreticulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
👁 Image Liliacidites regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	59.2 Ma Paleocene
👁 Image Liliacidites reticulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Liliacidites rotundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Liliacidites textus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Liliacidites variegatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	32	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	28.4 Ma Oligocene
👁 Image Liliacidites vermireticulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Liliacidites Couper
1982	Liliacidites Jarzen p. 16

References

Archangelsky S., Zamaloa M. C. (1986) Nuevas descripciones palinológicas de las formaciones Salamanca y Bororo, Paleoceno de Chubut (República Argentina), Ameghiniana 23 1-2, 35-46

Jarzen D. M. (1982) Palynology of Dinosaur Provincial Park (Campanian) Alberta, Syllogeus 38, 1-69

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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