Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Synonyms: Aspidiaria Presl 1838, Sagenaria Brongniart 1822
Parent taxon: Lepidodendraceae according to D. L. Dilcher et al. 2005
See also Andrews 1970, Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Tidwell et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Aspidiopsis, Bergeria, Lepidophloios, Lepidophylloides, Lepidostrobophyllum, Lychnophorites, Phillipsia
Subtaxa: Lepidodendron aculeatum Lepidodendron batovii Lepidodendron gundensis Lepidodendron obovatum Sagenaria coelata
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Permian of Argentina (1), Australia (1), China (60), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), North Korea (4), Oman (1), South Africa (1), South Korea (4)
• Carboniferous of Canada (20: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), France (3), Germany (3), India (1), the Netherlands (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (24), United States (72: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Devonian of United States (6: Indiana, Kentucky, New York)
Total: 210 collections including 312 occurrences
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