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Azollopsis

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Azollaceae

Taxonomy
Azollopsis was named by Hall (1968). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Azollaceae by Hall (1968), Barreda et al. (2012), Santamarina et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Azollopsis Hall
2012Azollopsis Barreda et al.
2020Azollopsis Santamarina et al. p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderSalvinialesLink 1833
familyAzollaceaeWettstein 1903
genusAzollopsisHall 1968

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. †Azollopsis Hall 1968
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Azollopsis intermedia Sweet and Hills 1974
Azollopsis tormentosa Hall 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 83.60000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) A. intermedia (195707)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. coccoides (32997 34161 34262 34270 34271 34274) A. intermedia (34157 34158 34160 34162) A. pusilla (34155 34156)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. intermedia (34154 34275 34288 34289 34290) A. pusilla (34045) A. pusilla, A. intermedia (34044 34046 34047 34283)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) A. coccoides (32404)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. polyancyra (168549)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) A. tomentosa (34163 34164 34166)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. tormentosa (151452)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. intermedia (199410 239890 239891) A. sp. (239875)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) A. tomentosa (32405)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. sp. (234760)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. (32600)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66Canada (Alberta) A. spinata (34291 34293 34295)
Maastrichtian - Paleocene72.2 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) A. tomentosa (34165 34292)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) A. tomentosa, A. tormentosa, A. intermedia (152264)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (North Dakota) A. tomentosa (34108)