Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Calamopityaceae

Ginkgoopsida - Calamopityales - Calamopityaceae

Taxonomy
Calamopityaceae was named by Scott (1909) [Kenrick and Crane 1997 rank this as: Plesion "Calamopityaceae" incertae sedis.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calamopityales by Meyen (1984); and to Spermatophytata by Kenrick and Crane (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Calamopityaceae Scott pp. 476–477, 482
1984Calamopityaceae Meyen p. 89
1997Calamopityaceae Kenrick and Crane

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderCalamopityales
familyCalamopityaceae
familyCalamopityaceae

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.

Fm. †Calamopityaceae Scott 1909
show all | hide all
G. †Calamopitys Unger 1856
hide
†Calamopitys saturni Unger 1856
G. †Calamopteris Unger 1856
hide
†Calamopteris debilis Unger 1856
G. †Calamosyrinx Unger 1856
hide
†Calamosyrinx devonica Unger 1856
G. †Deltasperma Long 1961
hide
G. †Endoxylon Scott 1925
hide
†Endoxylon zonatum Kidston 1923
G. †Eosperma Barnard 1959
hide
†Eosperma oxroadense Barnard 1959
G. †Kalymma Unger 1856
hide
†Kalymma grandis Unger 1856
G. †Lyrasperma Long 1960
hide
†Lyrasperma scotica Calder 1938
G. †Stenomyelon Kidston 1909
hide
†Stenomyelon tuedianum Kidston 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Mississippian or 383.70000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) Calamopitys eupuncatata (23188)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Indiana) Kalymma lirata (21033)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Kentucky) Calamopitys americana, Calamopitys foerstei, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma auriculata, Calamopteris hippocrepis, Kalymma grandis (21168) Calamopitys americana, Calamopitys foerstei, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma hippocrepis (21178) Calamopitys americana, Calamopteris hippocrepis (21177) Calamopitys americana, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma auriculata, Calamopteris hippocrepis, Kalymma grandis (20976) Kalymma lirata (21031 21032 21036) Kalymma lirata, Kalymma grandis (21028) Kalymma minuta (21205)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Endoxylon zonatum (10644)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Germany (Thuringia) Calamopitys annularis, Calamopitys solmsii, Kalymma sp., Calamopitys saturni (21366)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7France Stenomyelon bifasciculare (23824 23826)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7France (SC Massif Central) Calamopitys sp., Calamopitys embergeri (21362)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Deltasperma fouldenense (34491 36227) Deltasperma fouldenense, Eosperma oxroadense (10673 10674 36224 36236 36239 36275 36276 36278) Eosperma edromense, Stenomyelon heterangioides, Stenomyelon tuedianum (23877) Eosperma edromense, Stenomyelon primaevum, Stenomyelon heterangoides, Kalymma tuediana, Lyrasperma scotica (10657) Eosperma oxroadense (10671 10677) Kalymma tuediana, Stenomyelon tuedianum (21324) Stenomyelon heterangioides, Deltasperma fouldenense, Stenomyelon tuedianum (23829) Stenomyelon heterangioides, Stenomyelon tuedianum (23830 23880 23881) Stenomyelon primaevum (23832 23878 23882 23883 23884)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Kalymma sp. (21312)
Hastarian - Asbian358.9 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Calamopitys radiata (10645)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Lyrasperma scotica (34509) Stenomyelon sp., Lyrasperma scotica (10652) Stenomyelon tripartium, Kalymma tuediana, Lyrasperma scotica (10656)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2France (Montagne Noire) Calamopitys blayacii, Calamopitys embergeri, Calamopitys sp., Stenomyelon sp., Kalymma coumiacensis, Kalymma sp. (10663)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Eosperma oxroadense (10678) Eosperma oxroadense, Stenomyelon tuedianum (10648) Stenomyelon heterangoides, Lyrasperma scotica (10655)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Stenomyelon tuedianum (21315)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Kalymma sp. (35776)
Namurian330.9 - 318.7Czech Republic Endoxylon zonatum (37356)