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Sphaeriales

Sphaeriales

Taxonomy
Sphaeriales is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ascomycota by Knowlton (1919).

Subtaxa
Sphaeriaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Sphaeriales Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomFungiJahn and Jahn 1959
—Ascomycota
RankNameAuthor
orderSphaeriales
orderSphaeriales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Didymosphaeria Fuckel 1870
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†Didymosphaeria betheli Cockerell 1908
G. †Sphaerites Unger 1850
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†Sphaerites alabamensis Berry 1919
†Sphaerites lesquereuxi Meschinelli 1892
†Sphaerites myricae Lesquereux 1872
†Sphaerites problematicus Knowlton 1891
G. Xylaria Hill 1789
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chadronian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Sphaerites claibornensis (212698)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Sphaerites claibornensis (212696)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Didymosphaeria betheli (24209)