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Asterophyllites longifolius

Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
A. charaeformis, A. radiatus, Schlotheimia arborescens (syn. Casuarinites equisetiformis)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. acicularis, A. dumasi, A. dumasii, A. equisetiformis, A. equisetiformis, A. foliosa, A. grandis, A. grandis, A. latifolia, A. longifolia, A. multifolia, A. palaeaceus, A. parvula, A. parvulus, A. trinervis, A. vernensis

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassEquisetidaeWarm 1883
RankNameAuthor
orderEquisetalesDumortier 1829
familyCalamitaceae
genusAsterophyllites
specieslongifolius

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Autunian or 358.86000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) Asterophyllites longifolius (12694)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Asterophyllites longifolius (13511)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) Asterophyllites longifolius (11209)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) Asterophyllites longifolius (11203)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9Canada (New Brunswick) Asterophyllites longifolius (12426 12696)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Alabama) Asterophyllites longifolius (28985 28990 28991 28992 31028 31029 31030 31031 31032 31033 31034 31035)
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (West Virginia) Asterophyllites longifolius (13191)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Colorado) Asterophyllites longifolius (11206)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) Asterophyllites longifolius (33318 33320)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Asterophyllites longifolius (11175 24649)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Michigan) Asterophyllites longifolius (10885)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Asterophyllites longifolius (24638)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) Asterophyllites longifolius (33316)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ukraine (Luhansk) Asterophyllites longifolius (240304)
Westphalian - Carboniferous318.7 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Asterophyllites longifolius (12031)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.4Germany (Lower Saxony) Asterophyllites longifolius (122514)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Thuringia) Asterophyllites longifolius (25208 25209 25231 25235 25236 25238)
Autunian - Kungurian298.9 - 274.4Spain Asterophyllites longifolius (25892)