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Psilophytopsida
Taxonomy
Psilophytopsida was named by Kidston and Lang (1917). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Psilophytophyta by Doweld (2001).
It was assigned to Psilophytophyta by Doweld (2001).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Psilophytopsida Kidston and Lang pp. 779-780 |
| 1974 | Trimerophytopsida Foster and Gifford pp. 106, 110 |
| 2001 | Psilophytopsida Doweld p. iii |
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Cl. †Psilophytopsida Kidston and Lang 1917
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Or. †Psilophytales Pia 1924
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G. †Loganiella Stolley 1926
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†Loganiella canadensis Stolley 1925
Invalid names: Logania Stolley 1925 [replaced]
Fm. †Psilophytaceae Hirmer 1927
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Fm. †Trimerophytaceae Bierhorst 1971
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Invalid names: Trimerophytales Kasper et al. 1974 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trimerophytopsida Foster and Gifford 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Desmoinesian or 430.60000 to 306.00000 Ma
Collections (184 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silurian | Czechia (Bohemia) | Cooksonia sp. (20759) | |
| Homerian | Ireland | Cooksonia sp., Cooksonia cambrensis, Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (10594) | |
| Gorstian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia sp., Cooksonia cambrensis, Cooksonia pertoni (10661) | |
| Gorstian - Pridoli | Bolivia (Tarija dept.) | Cooksonia caledonica, Cooksonia sp., Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (11158) | |
| Gorstian - Pridoli | Bolivia (Tarija Dept.) | Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (11172) | |
| Ludlow - Pridoli | Canada (Nunavut) | Distichophytum sp. (10599) | |
| Ludfordian - Pridoli | Ukraine | Cooksonia pertonii (14147) | |
| Ludfordian - Pridoli | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia sp. (10635) | |
| Ludfordian - Silurian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia caledonica, Cooksonia downtonensis, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (10634) | |
| Pridoli | Libya (Hammedah Basin) | Cooksonia sp. (53669) | |
| Pridoli | Canada (Ontario) | Cooksonia sp. (53825) | |
| Pridoli | USA (New York) | Cooksonia hemisphaerica (53827) Cooksonia sp. (20664 26087) | |
| Pridoli | Ukraine (Podolia) | Cooksonia sp. 1, Cooksonia sp. 2, Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (52702) | |
| Pridoli | Czechia | Cooksonia sp. (14043 14131 52698) Cooksonia sp., Cooksonia hemisphaerica (14045) | |
| Pridoli | Poland (Lysogory Region) | Cooksonia sp. (52667) | |
| Pridoli | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia cambrensis, Cooksonia caledonica, Cooksonia sp., Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (10666) | |
| Pridoli | United Kingdom (England) | Cooksonia pertoni (10593) Cooksonia sp. (11128) Cooksonia synorispora, Cooksonia pertoni (10706) | |
| Pridoli - Lochkovian | Canada (Nunavut) | Distichophytum sp. (11427) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Cooksonia caledonica (26756) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (England) | Cooksonia cambrensis, Cooksonia caledonica, Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (10679) Cooksonia cambrensis, Cooksonia pertoni, Cooksonia hemisphaerica (11112) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia hemisphaerica (10997) | |
| Lochkovian | Brazil (Jackson De Figueiredo) | Cooksonia cambrensis (14100) | |
| Lochkovian | (Bohemia) | Cooksonia sp. (27182) | |
| Lochkovian | Brazil (Jackson de Figueiredo) | Cooksonia paranensis (14099) | |
| Lochkovian | Czechia | Cooksonia downtonensis, Cooksonia sp. (13895) | |
| Devonian - Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Loganophyton indet. (23007) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Loganiella canadensis (60395) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (Wyoming) | Psilophyton wyomingense, Gosslingia americana (26179) Psilophyton wyomingense, Psilophyton sp. (10626) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | France (Lys Valley) | Psilophyton sp., Dawsonites minor, Dawsonites arcuatus, Psilophyton princeps (28207) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | France | Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Psilophyton sp., Dawsonites arcuatus (28038) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | China (Sichuan) | Psilophyton sp. (10907) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Antarctica | Psilophytopsida indet. (35559) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Belgium (Liege) | Gosslingia breconensis (34965) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (Quebec) | Psilophyton dawsonii (21266) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Brazil (Parana) | Cooksonia acuminata (11214) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Norway (Sor-Trondelag) | Psilophyton arcuatum (21194 21195) Psilophyton burnotense, Psilophyton arcuatum (21190) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Psilophyton charientos (26439) Psilophyton coniculum (26526) Psilophyton crenulatum (26536) Psilophyton indet. (26424 26660) Psilophyton indet., Loganophyton indet. (26650) Psilophyton princeps (26656 29334) Psilophyton sp. (24146) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dawsonites roskiliensis (10692 10695) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Namur) | Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Dawsonites arcuatus, Psilophyton princeps (23562) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | Psilophyton sp. (111863) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Luxembourg) | Dawsonites sp. (23575) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (territoire d'Estinnes-au-Monts) | Dawsonites arcuatus, Psilophyton princeps (23258) Psilophyton burnotense (23528 24040) Psilophyton goldschmidtii (23523) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Psilophyton sp. (23541) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Liege) | Psilophyton burnotense, Psilophyton crenulatum, Psilophyton forbesii, Psilophyton genseliae, Psilophyton parvulum, Dawsonites arcuatus (24038) Psilophyton genseliae (24043) Psilophyton goldschmidtii (23565 23569) Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Dawsonites sp. (23564) Psilophyton parvulum (24056) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Hainuit) | Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Psilophyton burnotense, Psilophyton princeps (23536) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Hainuat) | Dawsonites minor, Dawsonites arcuatus, Psilophyton princeps (23545) Psilophyton burnotense, Dawsonites minor, Dawsonites arcuatus, Psilophyton princeps (23559) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Rhynia gwynnevaughanii, Rhynia major (10721) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom | Gosslingia sp. (238752) | |
| Pragian | China (Yunnan) | Psilophyton primitivum (10896) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Dawsonites arcuatus, Gosslingia breconensis (11083 11088) | |
| Pragian | Belgium (Nord du Bassin de Dinant) | Dawsonites arcuatus (22860) Gosslingia breconensis (23197) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Nunavut) | Cooksonia sp. (11141) Distichophytum ovatum (11130 11132 11134 11142 11216 11421 11429 11491 11524 11721) Distichophytum ovatum, Distichophytum sp. (11217) Distichophytum sp. (10636 11428) Distichophytum sp., Distichophytum ovatum (11133) | |
| Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian | Belgium (Rouveroy) | Psilophyton burnotense (23202) Psilophyton goldschmidtii (23200) | |
| Pragian - Middle Devonian | Australia (Victoria) | Dawsonites subarcuatus (20896) | |
| Pragian - Devonian | Belgium (Liege) | Dawsonites arcuatus (10592) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Russian Federation | Psilophyton salairicus (35709) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | Dawsonites jabachensis (27049) Psilophyton indet. (27129) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | Psilophyton sp., Trimerophyton indet. (26904) | |
| Emsian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dawsonites sp. (10719 11513) | |
| Emsian | USA (Wyoming) | Distichophytum ovatum (26176) Gosslingia sp. (29294) Psilophyton wyomingense (31000) | |
| Emsian | United Kingdom (England) | Dawsonites arcuatus (11082) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Ontario) | Psilophyton dawsonii (10596 10598) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Quebec) | Dawsonites sp. (29029) Psilophyton goldschmidtii, Trimerophyton sp., Psilophyton princeps (28996) Psilophyton princeps (28924 28997) Psilophyton sp. (28968 28998 29002 29003 29020 31023) Psilophyton varia (26547) Trimerophyton sp. (29026) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | USA (Maine) | Psilophyton dapsile, Psilophyton sp. (10600) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Russian Federation | Psilophyton burnotense, Barsassia ornata (35721) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | USA (Maine) | Psilophyton forbesii (10617) Psilophyton forbesii, Psilophyton princeps (10602) Psilophyton microspinosum (10620) | |
| Eifelian | South Africa | Dutoitia alfreda, Psilophytopsida indet. (35597) Psilophytopsida indet. (35602) | |
| Eifelian | USA (New York) | Psilophyton grandis (28922) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Venezuela (Zulia) | Gilboaphyton griersonii (21174) | |
| Eifelian - Middle Devonian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Psilophyton sp. (28970) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (New York) | Pseudosporochnus sp. (31025) | |
| Middle Devonian | Germany (Wuppertals) | Psilophyton princeps (32209) | |
| Middle Devonian | Norway (Svalbard) | Psilophyton arcticum (21125) Psilophyton sp. (21019) | |
| Eifelian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Venezuela (Zulia State) | Wattieza sp. (14213) | |
| Middle Devonian - Devonian | Norway (Svalbard) | Psilophyton sp. (20992) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Dutoitia alfreda (20728) Dutoitia pulchra (20751) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czechia | Pseudosporochnus verticilatus (23727 23728) Pseudosporochnus verticillatus (23739 23740 23742) Psilophyton krauseli (23733) Psilophyton krauseli, Pseudosporochnus verticillatus, Pseudosporochnus chlupaci (23737 23743) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Germany (Hohen Venns) | Pseudosporochnus sp. (23746) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czechia (Bohemia) | Psilophyton krauseli, Pseudosporochnus chlupaci (27159) Psilophyton krauseli, Pseudosporochnus chlupaci, Pseudosporochnus krejcii (27157) | |
| Givetian | Germany (Elberfeld) | Psilophyton sp. (23701) | |
| Givetian | Belgium | Pseudosporochnus nodosus (20812) | |
| Givetian | USA (Arizona) | Cooksonia hemisphaerica (22756) | |
| Givetian | Colombia | Psilophyton dawsonii (35982) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Gilboaphyton goldringiae (14244) Pseudosporochnus sp. (20781) | |
| Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Belgium | Pseudosporochnus nodosus, Pseudosporochnus krejcii, Legrandia sporangifera, Lerichea krystofovitchii (32216) | |
| Givetian - Late/Upper Devonian | Belgium | Pseudosporochnus sp. (23745) | |
| Middle Givetian | Belgium (Brabant) | Pseudosporochnus krejcii, Niayssioidea belgica, Wattieza givetiana (32214) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | USA (New York) | Arachnoxylon kopfi (14263) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | China | Pseudosporochus sp. (238704) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Devonian | Czechia | Psilophyton krauseli (23715) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Late/Upper Devonian | Czechia | Pseudosporochnus verticilatus (23720 23721) Psilophyton krauseli (23718) Psilophyton krauseli, Pseudosporochnus verticilatus, Pseudosporochnus chlupaci (23716) | |
| Frasnian | USA (New York) | Pseudosporochnus sp. (28089 28206 28533 29006 29139) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Canada (Quebec) | Psilophyton princeps (21231) Psilophyton princeps, Psilophyton robustius (21235 21237) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Psilophyton elegans (12421) | |
| Visean | Peru | Paulophyton sp. (34126) | |
| Visean | Bolivia (Titicaca) | Paulophyton sommeri (34151) | |
| Visean | Brazil | Paulophyton sp. 1, Paulophyton sommeri (34159) | |
| Westphalian A | Canada (New Brunswick) | Psilophyton elegans, Psilophyton glabrum (122728) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | Trimerophytopsida indet. (10781) |