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Lyginorachis

Taxonomy
Lyginorachis was named by Kidston (1923). It is not extant. Its type is Lyginorachis papilio.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Lyginorachis Kidston
1970Lyginorachis Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridospermophyta
genusLyginorachisKidston 1923

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. †Lyginorachis Kidston 1923
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Lyginorachis papilio Kidston 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Westphalian A or 372.15000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Indiana) L. dineuroides (21034)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Thuringia) L. sp. (21366)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) L. brownii (10644)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7France (SC Massif Central) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (21362)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Ireland (SW Munster) L. papilio (21330)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) L. whitadderensis, L. papilio (21312)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) L. arberi (34489 34490 34492) L. arberi, L. kidstoni (34491) L. papilio (10655) L. sp. (36224) L. waltonii (10675 10677 36277) L. waltonii, L. papilio (21324) L. waltonii, L. sp. (10673 10674 36239 36240 36276 36278) L. waltonii, L. sp., L. sp. A (10671) L. whitadderensis, L. arberi, L. papilio (10657)
Hastarian - Asbian358.86 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) L. trinervis (10645)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) L. arberi, L. papilio (10652) L. kidstoni (34509) L. trinervis, L. arberi, L. kidstoni, L. papilio (10656)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France L. boehmii, L. sp. A, L. sp. B (10663)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) L. sp. A, L. sp. B, L. papilio (10648)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) L. sp., L. waltonii (21319)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) L. gordonii (21325) L. sp. (35776)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) L. taitiana (37369)