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Hymenophyllites

Polypodiopsida - Filicales

Taxonomy
Hymenophyllites was named by Göppert (1836). It is not extant. Its type is Hymenophyllites quercifolius.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Filicales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
H. alatus, H. bunburyanus, H. quercifolius (type species), H. thallyformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. blandus, H. curtilobus, H. furcatus, H. gersdorffii, H. obtusilobus, H. pentadactyla, H. zeileri
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-02-28; modified by B. Allen on 2022-05-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Hymenophyllites Göppert
1970Hymenophyllites Andrews
1976Hymenophyllites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderFilicales
genusHymenophyllitesGöppert 1836

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. †Hymenophyllites Göppert 1836
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†Hymenophyllites alatus Geinitz 1855
†Hymenophyllites bunburyanus Oldham and Morris 1863
†Hymenophyllites thallyformis Lesquereux 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 358.86000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (Nova Scotia) H. furcatus (13094)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France H. sp. (10659)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) H. pentadactyla (13145)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (New Brunswick) H. gersdorffii, H. obtusilobus, H. curtilobus (122728)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Poland (Cracow) H. blandus, H. zeileri (24598)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Ukraine H. sp. 1, H. sp. 2 (30961)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) Sphenopteris bunburyana (224678)