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Calamopityales

Ginkgoopsida - Calamopityales

Taxonomy
Calamopityales is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ginkgoopsida by Meyen (1984); and to Pteridospermophyta by Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Calamopityales Meyen p. 88
2008Calamopityales Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
orderCalamopityales
orderCalamopityales

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.

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Fm. †Calamopityaceae Scott 1909
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G. †Calamopitys Unger 1856
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†Calamopitys saturni Unger 1856
G. †Calamopteris Unger 1856
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†Calamopteris debilis Unger 1856
G. †Calamosyrinx Unger 1856
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†Calamosyrinx devonica Unger 1856
G. †Deltasperma Long 1961
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G. †Endoxylon Scott 1925
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†Endoxylon zonatum Kidston 1923
G. †Eosperma Barnard 1959
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†Eosperma oxroadense Barnard 1959
G. †Kalymma Unger 1856
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†Kalymma grandis Unger 1856
G. †Lyrasperma Long 1960
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†Lyrasperma scotica Calder 1938
G. †Stenomyelon Kidston 1909
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†Stenomyelon tuedianum Kidston 1909
G. †Diichnia Read 1936
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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 382.31000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Calamopitys eupuncatata (23188)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Indiana) Kalymma lirata (21033)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Kentucky) Calamopitys americana, Calamopitys foerstei, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma auriculata, Calamopteris hippocrepis, Diichnia kentuckiensis, Kalymma grandis (21168) Calamopitys americana, Calamopitys foerstei, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma hippocrepis (21178) Calamopitys americana, Calamopteris hippocrepis, Diichnia kentuckiensis (21177) Calamopitys americana, Stenomyelon muratum, Kalymma lirata, Kalymma resinosa, Kalymma auriculata, Calamopteris hippocrepis, Diichnia kentuckiensis, Kalymma grandis (20976) Kalymma lirata (21031 21032 21036) Kalymma lirata, Kalymma grandis (21028) Kalymma minuta (21205)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Thuringia) Calamopitys annularis, Calamopitys solmsii, Kalymma sp., Calamopitys saturni (21366)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Endoxylon zonatum (10644)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7France Stenomyelon bifasciculare (23824 23826)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7France (SC Massif Central) Calamopitys sp., Calamopitys embergeri (21362)
Tournaisian358.86 - 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 heterangoides, Lyrasperma scotica (10655) Stenomyelon primaevum (23832 23878 23882 23883 23884)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Kalymma sp. (21312)
Hastarian - Asbian358.86 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Calamopitys radiata (10645)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Lyrasperma scotica (34509) Stenomyelon sp., Lyrasperma scotica (10652) Stenomyelon tripartium, Kalymma tuediana, Lyrasperma scotica (10656)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Eosperma oxroadense (10678) Eosperma oxroadense, Stenomyelon tuedianum (10648)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France Calamopitys blayacii, Calamopitys embergeri, Calamopitys sp., Stenomyelon sp., Kalymma coumiacensis, Kalymma sp. (10663)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Stenomyelon tuedianum (21315)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Kalymma sp. (35776)
Namurian330.3 - 318.7Czechia Endoxylon zonatum (37356)