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Spermopteris

Taxonomy
Spermopteris was named by Cridland and Morris (1960). It is not extant. Its type is Taeniopteris coriacea.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Spermopteris Cridland and Morris
1970Spermopteris Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridospermophyta
genusSpermopterisCridland and Morris 1960

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. †Spermopteris Cridland and Morris 1960
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Spermopteris coriacea Goeppert 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Kungurian or 306.00000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (Arizona) Taeniopteris coriacea (11999)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kansas) S. coriacea (24649)
Missourian - Khamovnikian306.0 - 304.8USA (Kansas) S. sp., Taeniopteris coriacea (11212)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Kansas) Taeniopteris coriacea (11155)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) Taeniopteris coriacea (24622)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 274.4USA (Kansas) Taeniopteris coriacea (32659)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Taeniopteris coriacea (11150)
Rotliegendes283.3 - 259.51USA (Kansas) Taeniopteris coriacea (11154)