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Lyginopteridales
Taxonomy
Lyginopteridales is an order.
It was assigned to Lyginopteridopsida by Anderson et al. (2007); and to Pteridospermophyta by Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Lyginopteridopsida by Anderson et al. (2007); and to Pteridospermophyta by Taylor et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Lyginopteridales Anderson et al. p. 20 |
| 2008 | Lyginopteridales Taylor et al. p. 1028 |
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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.
Or. †Lyginopteridales
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G. †Sphenopteris Sternberg 1825
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†Sphenopteris anderssonii Halle 1913
†Sphenopteris baileyana Tenison-Woods 1898
†Sphenopteris bindrabunensis Feistmantel 1876
†Sphenopteris corrugata Newberry 1868
†Sphenopteris egyptiaca Emmons 1857
†Sphenopteris elaminata Sharma 1975
†Sphenopteris elegans Brongniart 1822
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Invalid names: Filicites adiantoides Schlotheim 1820 [synonym]
†Sphenopteris essinghii Andrae 1866
†Sphenopteris hislopii Oldham and Morris 1863
†Sphenopteris humphresiana Baily 1870
†Sphenopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828
†Sphenopteris imbricata Sharma 1969
†Sphenopteris khairbaniensis Ganju 1947
†Sphenopteris latiloba Fontaine 1889
†Sphenopteris mclearni Bell 1956
†Sphenopteris membranosa Feistmantel 1876
†Sphenopteris metzgerioides Harris 1945
†Sphenopteris otagoensis Arber 1917
†Sphenopteris plurinervia Heer 1881
†Sphenopteris polymorpha Feistmantel 1876
†Sphenopteris pottsvillea Gastaldo and Boersma 1983
†Sphenopteris rajmahalensis Sahni and Rao 1934
†Sphenopteris sakrigaliensis Sah 1966
†Sphenopteris sanjuliensis Cantrill and Nagalingum 2005
†Sphenopteris specifica Feistmantel 1876
†Sphenopteris tiruchirapalliense Sukh-Dev and Rajanikanth 1988
†Sphenopteris wadiai Sitholey 1944
Invalid names: Lyginopteridaceae Zalessky 1906 [empty], Moresnetiaceae Nemejc 1963 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Middle Givetian to the top of the Campanian or 385.90000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (619 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Belgium | Sphenopteris brabantica (32216) | |
| Middle Givetian | Belgium (Brabant) | Sphenopteris brabantica (32214) | |
| Middle Famennian | USA (West Virginia) | Sphenopteris sp. (21198) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Ireland | Sphenopteris hookeri, Sphenopteris humphresiana (32230) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Sphenopteris flaccida (32232 32236 32272 32273) Sphenopteris flaccida, Sphenopteris boozensis, Sphenopteris modavensis, Sphenopteris mailleuxii (32278) Sphenopteris flaccida, Sphenopteris boozensis, Sphenopteris mourloni (32276) Sphenopteris flaccida, Sphenopteris maillieuxi, Sphenopteris olnensis (32274) Sphenopteris flaccida, Sphenopteris modavensis (32279) Sphenopteris modavensis (32234) | |
| Hastarian - Ivorian | Germany (Thuringia) | Sphenopteris filiformis (20975) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Sphenopteris strigosa (28007) | |
| Tournaisian | France (SC Massif Central) | Sphenopteris sp. (21362) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | United Kingdom (Wales) | Sphenopteris obfalcata (34465) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Utah) | Sphenopteris diphlebia (11209) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | USA (Virginia) | Sphenopteris lobata (106317) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Antarctica | Sphenopteris sanjuliensis (150511) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Sphenopteris sp. (150633 150634 150635 150637) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cretaceous | Antarctica | Sphenopteris sp. (32476) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sphenopteris stricta (32096) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sphenopteris stricta (32030) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Sphenopteris sp. (21115) | |
| Coniacian - Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sphenopteris hollicki (35176 35177 35203) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphenopteris burlingi (35093) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Sphenopteris sp. (150237) | |