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Cooksonia

Psilophytopsida - Psilophytales

Taxonomy
Cooksonia was named by Lang (1937). Its type is Cooksonia pertoni.

It was assigned to Plantae by Lang (1937); and to Psilophytales by Andrews (1970).

Species
C. hemisphaerica, C. pertoni (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. acuminata, C. caledonica, C. cambrensis, C. downtonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cooksonia Lang p. 248
1970Cooksonia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumPsilophytophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPsilophytopsidaKidston and Lang 1917
orderPsilophytalesPia 1924
genusCooksonia

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. †Cooksonia Lang 1937
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†Cooksonia pertoni Lang 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Givetian or 430.60000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Czechia (Bohemia) C. sp. (20759)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Ireland C. sp., C. cambrensis, C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (10594)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp., C. cambrensis, C. pertoni (10661)
Gorstian - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Bolivia (Tarija Dept.) C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (11172)
Gorstian - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Bolivia (Tarija dept.) C. caledonica, C. sp., C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (11158)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (10635)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62Ukraine C. pertonii (14147)
Ludfordian - Silurian425.0 - 419.62United Kingdom (Wales) C. caledonica, C. downtonensis, C. hemisphaerica (10634)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia C. sp. (14043 14131 52698) C. sp., C. hemisphaerica (14045)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (53825)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom (England) C. pertoni (10593) C. sp. (11128) C. synorispora, C. pertoni (10706)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom (Wales) C. cambrensis, C. caledonica, C. sp., C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (10666)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Libya (Hammedah Basin) C. sp. (53669)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine (Podolia) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (52702)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland (Lysogory Region) C. sp. (52667)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) C. hemisphaerica (53827) C. sp. (20664 26087)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Wales) C. hemisphaerica (10997)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia C. downtonensis, C. sp. (13895)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Scotland) C. caledonica (26756)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02 (Bohemia) C. sp. (27182)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Brazil (Jackson De Figueiredo) C. cambrensis (14100)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (England) C. cambrensis, C. caledonica, C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (10679) C. cambrensis, C. pertoni, C. hemisphaerica (11112)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Brazil (Jackson de Figueiredo) C. paranensis (14099)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Brazil (Parana) C. acuminata (11214)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (11141)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Arizona) C. hemisphaerica (22756)