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Arberiales

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Glossopteridales Melville p. 15
1982Arberiales Meyen pp. 313, 317
1984Ghoshialepis Banerjee
1984Gondwanolepis Banerjee
1984Arberiales Meyen p. 89
2001Arberiales Doweld p. xvi
2008Glossopteridales Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
Pteridobiotina
RankNameAuthor
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumPeltaspermophyta
classArberiopsida
orderArberialesMeyen 1982
orderArberialesMeyen 1982

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.

Or. †Arberiales Meyen 1982
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Invalid names: Arberiaceae Rigby 1972 [empty], Glossopteridales Melville 1960 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 19:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 315.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (385 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Artinskian358.86 - 283.3South Africa (Mpumalanga) Ottokaria buriadica (21316)
Carboniferous - Artinskian358.86 - 283.3South Africa (Free State) Ottokaria buriadica (21317)
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902India (Jammu and Kashmir) Vertebraria indica, Glossopteris indica, Glossopteris communis (225362)
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902India (Kashmir) Glossopteris communis (224648) Glossopteris indica (224647)
Moscovian - Gzhelian (interglacial)315.2 - 298.9Brazil (Parana) Glossopteris sp. 1, Glossopteris sp. 2, Glossopteris sp. 3, Glossopteris sp. 4 (29485)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Argentina (La Rioja) Glossopteris sp. 1, Glossopteris sp. 2 (29400)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Australia (Queensland) Glossopteris sp. 1, Glossopteris sp. 2 (29426)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Australia (New South Wales) Glossopteris sp. 1, Glossopteris sp. 2 (29449)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Argentina Glossopteris sp. 1 (29406)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Argentina (Chubut) Glossopteris sp. 1 (29396)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (West Bengal) Glossopteris browniana, Glossopteris angustifolia, Glossopteris communis, Glossopteris conspicua, Glossopteris intermedia, Glossopteris retifera, Kendostrobus sp. (225025)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Chhattisgarh) Glossopteris sp., Cistella sp., Glossopteris angustifolia, Glossopteris communis, Glossopteris longicaulis, Glossopteris retifera (229241)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Madhya Pradesh) Glossopteris nilssonioides, Glossopteris sidhiensis, Glossopteris papillosa, Glossopteris senii, Glossopteris stricta, Glossopteris taeniopteroides, Glossopteris nidpurensis, Glossopteris taeniensis, Glossopteris tenuinervis (30132) Vertebraria indica, Glossopteris indica, Glossopteris communis (226938) Vertebraria sp., Glossopteris damudica, Glossopteris bosei, Glossopteris gopadensis, Glossopteris taeniensis, Jambadostrobus pretiosus (229389)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Jharkhand) Vertebraria indica, Glossopteris angustifolia, Glossopteris communis, Glossopteris indica (225067)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4India (Maharashtra) Glossopteris sp., Vertebraria sp. (229835)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Shaanxi) Glossopteris sp. 1, Glossopteris sp. 2 (29939)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Glossopteris browniana (224692) Glossopteris sp. (224691) Glossopteris sp., Vertebraria indica, Glossopteris indica (224765)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Glossopteris sp. (24726)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India Glossopteris sp. 1 (30129)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Glossopteris communis (224642)