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Trilites

Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Trilites was named by Erdtman and Couper (1947) [emend. Dettmann, 1963]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Filicopsida by Dettmann (1963) and Archangelsky (1973); and to Dicksoniaceae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Trilites Erdtman and Couper
1963Trilites Dettmann
1973Trilites Archangelsky
2023Trilites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
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 11.60800 Ma

Collections (101 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)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) T. tuberculiformis (232077)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France T. bossus (31317)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Triletes tuberculiformis (224609)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Antarctica T. tuberculiformis (150877 150878)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) T. densiverrucosus (150017)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137358)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. sp. (149849)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) T. sp. SCI.124 (144299)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhão) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (150515)
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137356)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica T. spp. (153429 153431 153432)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) T. tuberculiformis (164488 164489 164490)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Nigeria (Nikalagu) T. sp. Sdl.124 (144211)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) T. sp. S.CI. 124 (144954)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica T. spp. (153421 153422 153423)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. sp. (149846)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137359)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica T. spp. (153430)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137360)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica T. spp. (153428) T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153426)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 2 (137355)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) T. tuberculiformis (163584)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Triletes comaumensis (224605)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (170882 170888 170893)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Senegal (Dakar) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137361)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria (Nikalagu) T. sp. Sdl.124 (144568)
Turonian - Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (137357)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica T. tuberculiformis (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167466) T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153427)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) T. sp. 1, T. volkheimerii (149815 151446 151452)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica T. spp., T. tuberculiformis (153424)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica T. parvallatus (75458)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. parvallatus, T. tuberculiformis, T. fasolae (206968)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cibotiidites tuberculiformis (234014)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) T. parvalatus (172885 172887 172890) T. parvallatus (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 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167469)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) T. parvallatus (136554)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Chile (Biobío) T. parvallatus (152434)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) T. sp. (224606)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) T. tuberculiformis (167491 167504 167506 167508 167510 167511 167514)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. fasolae (167897 167904) T. parvallatus (167898 167899 167902) T. parvallatus, T. fasolae (167895 167896 167900)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) Triletes tuberculiformis (166741)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Argentina (Neuquén) T. tuberculiformis (171385)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) T. parvallatus (136911)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) T. parvallatus (153448)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.2 - 23.03Chile (Doceava Región) Triletes tuberculiformis (151436)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) T. tuberculiformis (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Triletes tuberculiformis (167544) T. tuberculiformis (169007 169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Triletes tuberculiformis (166703)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina T. parvallatus (169468)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Kerala) T. sp. (224891)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) T. perverrucatus, T. scabratus (224618)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New south wales) Triletes tuberculiformis (168997)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) Triletes tuberculiformis (169355 169356)