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Gigantopteridales

Gigantopteridales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Gigantopteridales Li and Yang pp. 23-24
2008Gigantopteridales Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderGigantopteridales
orderGigantopteridales

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.

Or. †Gigantopteridales Li and Yang 1983
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G. †Bicoemplectopteridium Asama 1959
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G. †Bicoemplectopteris Asama 1959
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G. †Delnortea Mamay et al. 1986
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†Delnortea abbottiae Mamay et al. 1986
Fm. †Emplectopteridaceae Wagner 1967
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G. †Gigantocladus Doweld 2012
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†Gigantocladus xyloides Doweld 2012
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Invalid names: Acanthocladus xyloides Yang 2006 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthocladus Yang 2006 [replaced]
G. †Gigantogramme Doweld 2012
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Invalid names: Hallea dengfengensis Yang 2006 [replaced]
Invalid names: Hallea Yang 2006 [replaced]
G. †Gigantonoclea Koidzumi 1936
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†Gigantonoclea guizhouensis Gu and Zhi 1974
†Gigantonoclea hallei Gu and Zhi 1974
†Gigantonoclea lagrelii Halle 1927
Fm. †Gigantopteridaceae Koidzumi 1936
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G. †Gigantopteris Geyler 1886
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†Gigantopteris lagrelii Halle 1927
Invalid names: Megalopteris Schenk 1883 [replaced]
G. †Gothanopteris Koidzumi 1936
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†Gothanopteris bosschana Koidzumi 1936
G. †Palaeogoniopteris Koidzumi 1936
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†Palaeogoniopteris mengkarangensis Gothan and Jongmans 1935
G. †Tricoemplectopteris Asama 1959
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G. †Zeilleropteris Koidzumi 1936
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†Zeilleropteris yunnanensis Koidzumi 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Diet: C3 autotropho
Created: 2023-03-25 00:25:36
Modified: 2023-03-25 00:25:36
Source: o = order
Reference: Li and Yang 1983

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Griesbachian or 358.86000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Megalopteris ovata (13511)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Megalopteris sp. (13357 13358)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Michigan) Megalopteris kellyi (10778 10889) Megalopteris sp. A, Megalopteris sp. B (276075)
Westphalian - Carboniferous318.7 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Megalopteris kellyi (12031)
Westphalian D - Stephanian A309.8 - 301.4USA (Ohio) Megalopteris sp. (11187)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Gigantopteris americana (11147 24626)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) Delnortea abbottiae (24512) Gigantopteris americana (23150 24622)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Türkiye (Diyarbakir) Gigantopteris nicotianaefolia (27809)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Michigan) Megalopteris Dawsoni, Megalopteris Kellyi (10887)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3Mexico (Hidalgo) Gigantopteris sp. (23179)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 274.4USA (Texas) Delnortea abbotiae (11000) Gigantopteris americana (11152) Gigantopteris americana, Gigantonoclea sp. (11151) Gigantopteris sp. (11145) Zeilleropteris wattii (11148)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30247)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Gothanopteris sp. 1, Palaeogoniopteris sp. 1 (30182)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30267)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Zeilleropteris wattii (11149)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Gigantopteris americana (24624)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Russian Federation Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30412)
Artinskian - Ufimian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Gigantopteris sp. (11144)
Kungurian - Changhsingian283.3 - 251.902North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30250)
Kungurian - Changhsingian283.3 - 251.902South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30259)
Kungurian - Lopingian283.3 - 251.902North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30248 30252)
Ufimian - Kazanian277.3 - 266.9China (Qinghai) Gigantonoclea sp. (68580)
Ufimian - Changhsingian277.3 - 251.902Saudi Arabia (Qasim) Gigantonoclea sp. (11156)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Anhui) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29786 29787)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Malaysia Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30288)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29915)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Henan) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29954)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Shanxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29875)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Papua New Guinea Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30361)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Saudi Arabia Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30888)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29798)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29810)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Gigantopteris sp., Gigantonoclea sp., Gigantonoclea lagrelii (35517)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Fujian) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (30088) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2 (30091)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29813) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29804)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30268)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29769)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29791)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29814) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29808 29812)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29793)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Jiangsu) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29949)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Hebei) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29860) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29849) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29857)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Shandong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30057) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30082)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14Thailand Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3 (30943) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30944)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14Japan (Fukushima) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Bicoemplectopteris sp. 1 (30211)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14Malaysia Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (30289)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Liaoning) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3 (29944)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Henan) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29961)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Shaanxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29868) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29870)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29917)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29788 29789)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Yunnan) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29843)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Shanxi) Gigantonoclea crenata (242112)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29942 29952) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3, Gigantopteris sp. 4, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29973)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hubei) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29815)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29898)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29910)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29797) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29794)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3 (29883 29895)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29955) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2 (29957)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) Gigantonoclea longifolia (197495) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30002)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Türkiye Bicoemplectopteris sp. 1 (30949)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangdong) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29825) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29833) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29824)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Fujian) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3, Gigantopteris sp. 4, Gigantopteris sp. 5, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30098)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Zhejiang) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29775) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29777)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (29513)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Yunnan) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29820)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Shuicheng) Gigantonoclea guizhouensis (197499)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Panxian) Gigantopteris dictyophylloides, Gigantonoclea guizhouensis, Gigantonoclea lagrelii (197500)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29640) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29912)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902China (Jilin) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29826)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangdong) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29839 29848 29855)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3 (29792)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Gigantonoclea guizhouensis (206100) Gigantopteris dictyophylloides, Gigantonoclea meridionalis, Gigantonoclea lagrelii (206087)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30005)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Gigantopteris sp. (205960)