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Sphenophyllum

Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Sphenophyllites Brongniart
1825Sphenophyllum König p. 68
1850Sphaenophyllum McClelland
1929Sardykphyllum Zalessky
1976Sphenophyllum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Sphenophyllum Chandra and Tewari
2009Sphenophyllum Taylor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
orderSphenophyllalesSeward 1898
genusSphenophyllumKönig 1825

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. †Sphenophyllum König 1825
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Sphenophyllum churulianum Srivastava and Rigby 1983
Sphenophyllum crenulatum Maithy 1978
Sphenophyllum elongatum Rasskazova 1961
Sphenophyllum emarginatum Brongniart 1822
Sphenophyllum gondwanensis Singh et al. 1986
Sphenophyllum radiatum Unger 1850
Sphenophyllum thonii Mahr 1968
Sphenophyllum utkalensis Pant et al. 1985
Invalid names: Sardykphyllum Zalessky 1929 [synonym], Sphenophyllites Brongniart 1822 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 368.50000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (339 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86China (Jiangsu) S. sp. (209613)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2USA (West Virginia) S. subtenerrimmum (21198)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) S. subtenerrimum (23335)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Thuringia) S. sp. (21366)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (38293)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7Germany (Thuringia) S. sp. (20975)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) S. cuneifolium (12983 12985) S. cuneifolium, S. majus, S. emarginatum (12984)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Missouri) S. cunefolium, S. majus (12122)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (New Brunswick) S. antiquum, S. cuneifolium (12421)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France S. sp. (10663)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (West Bengal) S. churulianum, S. crenulatum (224735)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa S. sp. 1 (30890)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Brazil S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (29494)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Brazil (Parana) S. sp. 1 (29502)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902China (Jilin) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2, S. sp. 3 (29826)
Changhsingian - Wuchiapingian254.14 - 254.14Brazil S. sp. 1 (29481)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangdong) S. sp. 1 (29839)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) S. sp. (39077)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) S. sp. 1 (30005)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) S. sp. 1 (29792)