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Ricciopsis

Hepaticae - Marchantiales

Discussion

Division HEPATOPHYTA Smith 1972 Order MARCHANTIALES Smith 1972 Family RICCIACEAE Smith 1972

Taxonomy
Ricciopsis was named by Lundblad (1954). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Ricciopsis florinii.

It was assigned to Marchantiales by Lundblad (1954); to Hepaticae by Andrews (1970); and to Ricciaceae by Cladera et al. (2007).

Species
R. florinii (type species), R. grandensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ricciopsis Lundblad
1970Ricciopsis Andrews
2007Ricciopsis Cladera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
classHepaticae
RankNameAuthor
orderMarchantiales
genusRicciopsisLundblad 1954

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. †Ricciopsis Lundblad 1954
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Ricciopsis florinii Lundblad 1954
Ricciopsis grandensis Cladera et al. 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Danian or 290.10000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Russian Federation R. sp. 1 (30731)
Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian143.1 - 132.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) R. algoaensis (38305)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. grandensis (150879)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) R. sp. (152264)