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Archaeocalamites

Sphenopsida

Taxonomy
Archaeocalamites was named by Stur (1875). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Sphenopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species
A. radiatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. esnostensis, A. geoppertii, A. goeppertii, A. latixylon, A. scrobiculatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Archaeocalamites Stur
1970Archaeocalamites Andrews
1991Archaeocalamites Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumSphenophyta
RankNameAuthor
classSphenopsida
genusArchaeocalamitesStur 1875

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. †Archaeocalamites Stur 1875
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†Archaeocalamites radiatus Brongniart 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 339.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian - Asbian358.86 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. geoppertii (10645)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Wales) A. radiatus (34465)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France (Roannis) A. sp. (10660)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France A. esnostensis, A. latixylon (10659)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4India (Himachal Pradesh) A. radiatus (224624)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Illinois) A. radiatus (23926)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Peru A. radiatus (34126)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Bolivia (Titicaca) A. radiatus (34151)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Brazil A. sp. (34159)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Wales) A. radiatus (34478)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) A. radiatus (34470 34471)
Visean - Carboniferous346.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) A. scrobiculatus (25069)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. goeppertii (10646 21311 35776 35777 35920)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Illinois) A. radiatus (20963)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9India (Jammu & Kashmir) A. radiatus (229231)