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Scleropteris

Taxonomy
Scleropteris was named by Saporta (1872). It is not extant. Its type is Scleropteris pomelii.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Knowlton (1919) and Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Scleropteris Saporta
1919Scleropteris Knowlton
1970Scleropteris Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusScleropterisSaporta 1872

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.

G. †Scleropteris Saporta 1872
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†Scleropteris distantifolia Fontaine 1899
†Scleropteris elliptica Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Ctenopteris integrifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Scleropteris virginica Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Scleropteris oregonensis Fontaine 1905
†Scleropteris pomelii Saporta 1872
†Scleropteris rotundifolia Fontaine 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Barremian or 237.00000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Neuquen) S. sp. 1 (29403)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. sp. 1 (29377)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Argentina (Neuquen) S. sp. 1 (29379)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7Argentina (Neuquen) S. sp. 1 (29374)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Argentina (Chubut) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (29370)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina (Chubut) S. sp. 1 (29373)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Zhejiang) S. sp. 1 (30075)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (29386)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Antarctica S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (29369)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Argentina (Chubut) S. sp. 1 (29381)
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Antarctica S. sp. 1 (29346)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Antarctica S. sp. 1 (29368)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Russian Federation S. sp. 1 (30404 30418)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Charente) Sphenopteris pomelii (24560)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France S. pomelii (24421)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Tithonian161.2 - 145.0Argentina (Chubut) S. furcata (51938)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Portugal S. sinuata (24530)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France S. sp., S. pomelii (24514)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France S. multipartita (24516)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (30388)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) S. distantifolia, S. rotundifolia (32047)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen S. sp. (212809)