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Lygodiumsporites

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae

Taxonomy
Lygodiumsporites was named by Potonié (1956). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Schizaeaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2013-08-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Lygodiumsporites Potonié
1976Lygodiumsporites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderSchizaeales
familySchizaeaceaeKaulfuss
genusLygodiumsporitesPotonié 1956

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. †Lygodiumsporites Potonié 1956
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Lygodiumsporites edelii Mathur and Chopra 1982
Lygodiumsporites eocenicus Dutta and Sah 1970
Lygodiumsporites lakiensis Sah and Kar 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Uintan or 121.40000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) L. sp. (224770 224771)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) L. subsimplex (36972)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) L. sp. 1 (149928)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) L. eocenicus (224682)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) L. adriennis (34365)
Late/Upper Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Texas) L. adriennis (16542)