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Dictyophyllum

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae

Taxonomy
Dictyophyllum was named by Lindley and Hutton (1834). It is not extant. Its type is Dictyophyllum rugosum.

It was assigned to Dipteridinae by Knowlton (1919); to Polypodiopsida by Nielsen (2005); and to Dipteridaceae by Andrews (1970), Kimura and Kim (1988) and Moisan et al. (2010).

Species
D. ellenbergi, D. fuenzalidai, D. indicum, D. nilssoni, D. rugosum (type species), D. tenuifolium
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. fuchsiforme, D. nathorstii, D. nilssonii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Dictyophyllum Lindley and Hutton
1919Dictyophyllum Knowlton
1970Dictyophyllum Andrews
1988Dictyophyllum Kimura and Kim
2005Dictyophyllum Nielsen
2010Dictyophyllum Moisan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderGleicheniales
familyDipteridaceaeSeward and Dale
genusDictyophyllumLindley and Hutton 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. †Dictyophyllum Lindley and Hutton 1834
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†Dictyophyllum ellenbergi Fabre and Greber 1960
†Dictyophyllum indicum Bose and Jana 1979
†Dictyophyllum nilssoni Brongniart 1836
†Dictyophyllum rugosum Lindley and Hutton 1834
†Dictyophyllum tenuifolium Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
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 Aptian or 242.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (224 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Chile (Chañaral) D. tenuifolium (224049)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) D. sp. 1 (29421)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. 1 (29423)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Japan (Yamaguchi) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. sp. 3, D. sp. 4 (30210)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Liaoning) D. sp. 1 (29980)
Ladinian - Norian242.0 - 208.5Iran D. sp. 1 (30190)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia/North Carolina) D. sp. (24383)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) D. sp. 1 (29916)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile D. fuenzalidai, D. tenuifolium (201288) D. sp., D. tenuifolium (207683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. sp. 3, D. sp. 4 (30209)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Georgia D. sp. 1 (30108 30115 30124) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2 (30107)
Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.3 - 161.2United Kingdom (Scotland) D. sp. (24394)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (24227)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ukraine D. sp. 1 (30960)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) D. sp. (229215)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Madagascar D. sp. 1 (30276)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Albian161.5 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) D. fuchsiforme (24850)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Argentina (Chubut) D. sp. 1 (29380)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) D. indicum (229410) D. sp. (32386 229219)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Kazakhstan D. sp. 1 (30223)