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Archaeosigillaria

Lycopsida

Taxonomy
Archaeosigillaria was named by Kidston (1901). It is not extant. Its type is Sigillaria vanuxemi.

It was assigned to Sigillariaceae by Andrews (1970); to Lycopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Lycopodiophyta by Taylor et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Archaeosigillaria Kidston
1970Archaeosigillaria Andrews
1991Archaeosigillaria Chandra and Tewari
2009Archaeosigillaria Taylor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classLycopsida
genusArchaeosigillariaKidston 1901

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. †Archaeosigillaria Kidston 1901
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Archaeosigillaria conferta Frenguelli 1954
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Invalid names: Lepidodendropsis pranabii Pal 1978 [synonym]
Archaeosigillaria vanuxemi Goeppert 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Devonian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 393.30000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) A. sp. (37128)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7Argentina (San Juan) A. conferta (151640)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian393.3 - 358.9South Africa (Eastern Cape) A. caespitosa (14340 20708 20710 20713 20714 20718 20719 20728 20729 20744)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian393.3 - 358.9South Africa (Western Cape) A. caespitosa (14084 14088 14089 20697 20700 20701 20702 20703 20704 20705 20706 20715 20716 20717 20732) A. caespitosa, A. devriesii (20748)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) A. sp. (28426 28769 28851) A. vanuxemi (20678 20680 20905 20937 20943 28413 28414 28423 28424 28749) A. vanuxemii (20723)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) A. primaeva (14227) A. sp. (20908 28089 28399) A. vanuxemi (20909 20938 20942 20944)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2India (Himachal Pradesh) A. sp. (224624)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2India (Jammu & Kashmir) A. minuta (229234 229235 229236)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Wales) A. stobbsii (34478)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9India (Jammu & Kashmir) A. sp., A. minuta (229238) Lepidodendropsis pranabii (229237)