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Adiantites

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Taxonomy
Adiantites was named by Goeppert (1836). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Adiantites oblongifolium.

It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Filicales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Calamopityaceae by Taylor et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Adiantites Goeppert
1919Adiantites Knowlton
1976Adiantites Lakhanpal et al.
2009Adiantites Taylor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyPolypodiaceae
genusAdiantitesGoeppert 1836

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. †Adiantites Goeppert 1836
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Adiantites nympharum Heer 1876
Adiantites oblongifolium Brongniart 1836
Adiantites orovillensis Fontaine 1896
Adiantites praelongus Dawson 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 382.31000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) A. spectabilis (24177)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) A. spectabilis (24509)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Pennsylvania) A. sp. (24527) A. spectabilis (27043 27044) A. spectabilis, A. ungeri (24511 24531) A. ungeri (24558)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Wales) A. antiquus, A. machanekii (34465)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (Nova Scotia) A. tenuifolius (28859)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites indet. (28210) A. mirabilis (28296) A. sp. (28173 28843) A. ungeri (24662)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) A. tenufolius (11209)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4India (Himachal Pradesh) A. sp. (224624)
Tournaisian - Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Pennsylvania) A. spectabilis, A. ungeri (24513)
Visean - Namurian346.7 - 318.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) A. sp. (28022)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. machanekii (35779)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Colorado) A. rockymontanus (11206)
Westphalian - Carboniferous318.7 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) A. poolii (12031)
Bajocian - Callovian170.9 - 161.5USA (Oregon/Idaho) A. sp. (24792)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1South Korea A. sp. 1 (30266)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Montana) A. montanensis (24668)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) A. sp. (22645)