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Lepidodendrales

Lepidodendrales

Taxonomy
Lepidodendrales is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lycophyta by Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Lepidodendrales Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
RankNameAuthor
phylumLycophyta
orderLepidodendrales
orderLepidodendrales

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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G. †Aspidiopsis Potonie 1893
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†Aspidiopsis coniferoides Potonie 1893
G. †Bergeria Presl 1838
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†Bergeria acuta Presl 1838
G. †Lepidodendron Sternberg 1820
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†Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
†Lepidodendron batovii Chachlov 1948
†Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820
Invalid names: Aspidiaria Presl 1838 [synonym], Sagenaria Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
G. †Lepidophloios Sternberg 1825
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†Lepidophloios laricinus Sternberg 1820
Invalid names: Lepidofloyos Sternberg 1825 [replaced]
G. †Lepidophylloides Snigirevskaya 1958
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†Lepidophylloides intermedium Lindley and Hutton 1831
G. †Lepidostrobophyllum Hirmer 1927
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†Lepidostrobophyllum maius Brongniart 1927
G. †Lychnophorites Martius 1822
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†Lychnophorites dichotomus Sternberg 1820
G. †Phillipsia Presl 1838
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†Phillipsia harcourtii Witham 1833
G. †Lycopogenia Read 1936
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Invalid names: Diaphorodendraceae [empty]
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 Givetian to the top of the Norian or 387.95000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (262 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Norway (Svalbard) Bergeria mimerensis (21137 22854 22857)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Lepidodendron sp. (21167)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Lepidodendron chemungense (20902)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Indiana) Lepidodendron baylense (21033)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Kentucky) Lepidodendron baylense, Lepidodendron noralbaniense, Lycopogenia callicyrta (20976) Lepidodendron boylensis, Lycopogenia callicyrta (21168) Lepidodendron sp. (21032)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Thuringia) Lepidodendron saalfeldense (21366)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidodendron solenofolium, Lepidophloios kilpatrickensis (10644)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidodendron calamopsoides (10657 21324)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Lepidodendron calamopsoides (21312)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Virginia) Lepidophylloides sp. (21202)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Lepidodendron sp. 1, Lepidodendron sp. 2 (29513)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangdong) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29824)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29952)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangsu) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29957)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (30002)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Anhui) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29797)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29898)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Yunnan) Lepidodendron sp. 1, Lepidodendron sp. 2, Lepidodendron sp. 3 (29820)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Bergeria sp. 1 (30000) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (30005)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Lepidodendron sp. (55493)