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Thyrsopteris

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Thyrsopteridaceae

Taxonomy
Thyrsopteris was named by Kunze (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyatheaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Thyrsopteridaceae by I (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Thyrsopteris Kunze
1919Thyrsopteris Knowlton
2016Thyrsopteris I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCyathealesPryor et al. 1995
familyThyrsopteridaceaePresl 1847
genusThyrsopterisKunze 1834

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. Thyrsopteris Kunze 1834
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Thyrsopteris elegans Kunze 1818
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 242.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Dolomites) T. sp. (24700)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) T. cyathindusia (227277)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica T. elegans (150273)