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Lepidocarpaceae

Lepidocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Lepidocarpaceae is a family. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lycophyta by Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Lepidocarpaceae Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumLycophyta
RankNameAuthor
familyLepidocarpaceae
familyLepidocarpaceae

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.

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G. †Achlamydocarpon Schumacker-Lambry 1966
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Achlamydocarpon belgicum Schumacker-Lambry 1966
G. †Lepidocystis Lesquereux 1880
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Lepidocystis pectinatus Lesquereux 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Sakmarian or 358.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Achlamydocarpon scoticum (10655)
Carboniferous - Desmoinesian358.9 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Lepidocystis fraxiniformis (11196)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Achlamydocarpon sp. (35776)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium Achlamydocarpon belgicum (37495)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Achlamydocarpon takhtajanii (37369 37376)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Hebei) Achlamydocarpon sp. (21185)