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Trilites

Polypodiopsida - Filicales - Dicksoniaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Trilites Erdtman and Couper
1963Trilites Dettmann
1973Trilites Archangelsky
2012Trilites Barreda et al.
2023Trilites Perez Loinaze et al.
2025Trilites Perez Loinaze et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderFilicales
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
genusTrilitesErdtman and Couper 1947

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. †Trilites Erdtman and Couper 1947
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Trilites annulata Cookson 1947
Trilites australis Cookson 1947
Trilites comaumensis Cookson 1953
Trilites densiverrucosus Menendez 1968
Trilites fasolae Archangelsky 1972
Trilites grandis Cookson 1947
Trilites komkraalensis Scott 1976
Trilites kopukuensis Couper 1960
Trilites neddeni Cookson 1947
Trilites ornamentalis Cookson 1947
Trilites parvallatus Krutzsch 1959
Trilites perverrucatus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites reticulata Cookson 1947
Trilites scabratus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947
Trilites verrucatus Couper 1953
Trilites volkheimerii Filatoff 1975
Trilites wolfgangii Sajjadi and Playford 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Zechstein to the top of the Middle Miocene or 259.51000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (157 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy T. dejerseyi (32197)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Italy T. sp. (31837)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Netherlands (Gelderland) T. tuberculiformis (232077)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France T. bossus (31317)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Antarctica T. tuberculiformis (150877 150878)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Triletes tuberculiformis (224609)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) T. densiverrucosus (150017)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137358)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. sp. (149849)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) T. sp. SCI.124 (144299)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (150515)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) T. tuberculiformis (68965)
Albian - Aptian113.2 - 113.2Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137356)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. sp. (149846)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137359)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica T. spp. (153429 153431 153432)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Nigeria (Nikalagu) T. sp. Sdl.124 (144211)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) T. tuberculiformis (164488 164489 164490)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) T. sp. S.CI. 124 (144954)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Antarctica T. spp. (153421 153422 153423)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica T. spp. (153430)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137360)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 2 (137355)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica T. spp. (153428) T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153426)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) T. tuberculiformis (163584)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria (Nikalagu) T. sp. Sdl.124 (144568)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137361)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Triletes comaumensis (224605)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (195707)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (170882 170888 170893)
Turonian - Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137357)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica T. tuberculiformis (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167466) T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153427)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica T. parvallatus (75458)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. fasolae (231748) T. fasolae, T. wolfgangii (231737) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis, T. fasolae (206968) T. tuberculiformis (231744) T. tuberculiformis, T. fasolae (231725 231741 231750 240581) T. tuberculiformis, T. fasolae, T. wolfgangii (231738 231739 231740 231742 240579 240583) T. wolfgangii (231749)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (234014) T. sp. 1, T. volkheimerii (149815 151446 151452)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (241095)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (199410 239890 239891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (240109)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153424)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. fasolae (240529) T. parvallatus (168708 240024 240031 240032 240036 240037 240044 240046 240058) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (239938 240033 240039 240528) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis (168710 240048 240049 240054) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis, T. fasolae (240045 240056)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. parvallatus (240080 240084 240526 240545) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (240085 240086 240087 240088 240089 240438) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis (149975 240050) T. tuberculiformis (240051 240548)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (239892) T. parvalatus (172885 172887 172890) T. parvallatus (136554 152264 167921 167922) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis, T. volkheimerii (151457 151460) T. parvallatus, T. volkheimerii (151461) T. sp. 2, T. tuberculiformis, T. volkheimerii (151456 151458) T. sp. 2, T. volkheimerii (151454 151455) T. tuberculiformis (151453) T. tuberculiformis, T. volkheimerii (151459 151463)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167469)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) T. sp. (224606)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Chile (Biobío) T. parvallatus (152434)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) T. tuberculiformis (167491 167504 167506 167508 167510 167511 167514)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Neuquén) T. tuberculiformis (171385)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) Triletes tuberculiformis (166741)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. fasolae (167897 167904) T. parvallatus (167898 167899 167902) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167895 167896 167900)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) T. parvallatus (136911)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) T. parvallatus (153448)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.71 - 23.04Chile (Doceava Región) Triletes tuberculiformis (151436)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) T. tuberculiformis (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Triletes tuberculiformis (167544) T. tuberculiformis (169007 169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Triletes tuberculiformis (166703)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina T. parvallatus (169468)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Kerala) T. sp. (224891)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) T. perverrucatus, T. scabratus (224618)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) Triletes tuberculiformis (168997)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Triletes tuberculiformis (169355 169356)