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Cordaitanthales
Taxonomy
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Cordaitanthales Meyen p. 90 |
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Or. †Cordaitanthales
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Fm. †Cordaitanthaceae
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G. †Cordaites Unger 1850
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†Cordaites borassifolia Sternberg 1822
†Cordaites hislopi Bunbury 1878
Invalid names: Pychnophyllum Brongniart 1849 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Devonian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 382.31000 to 168.60000 Ma
Collections (441 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Devonian | Canada (Quebec) | Cordaites angustifolia (21237) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Mitrospermum bulbosum (10657) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Kentucky) | Cordaites felicis, Mitrospermum compressum (13593) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Cordaites borassifolia (13089) Cordaites robbii, Cordaites principalis (12421) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Utah) | Cordaites principalis, Cordaites Sp. A, Cordaites Sp. B (11209) | |
| Mississippian | USA (West Virginia) | Cordaites sp. (12694) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Illinois) | Cordaites principalis (13511) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Georgia) | Cordaites sp. (12698) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Cordaites borassifolia (13094) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Missouri) | Cordaites communis, Cordaites costatus (12122) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Changhsingian | Australia (Queensland) | Cordaites sp. 1 (29453) Cordaites sp. A (21071) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Xinjiang) | Cordaites sp. 1 (30017 30095) Nephropsis sp. 1 (29801) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Heilongjiang) | Nephropsis sp. 1 (29888) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Noeggerathiopsis hislopii (226938) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | France (Lorraine) | Cordaites inhofii (24728) Cordaites mairii (24727) | |
| Ladinian | Germany | Cordaites keuperianus (24820) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Noeggerathiopsis hislopii (224692) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Noeggerathiopsis hislopii (24724) | |
| Early/Lower Bajocian | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Noeggerathiopsis hislopii (24729) | |
| Bajocian | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Noeggerathiopsis hislopii (25087) | |