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Osmunda lignita

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Pecopteris lignitum was named by Giebel (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Osmunda lignitum by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1880), Chandler (1963); it was recombined as Osmunda lignita by Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pecopteris lignitum Giebel
1880Osmunda lignitum Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 54
1963Osmunda lignitum Chandler p. 35
1996Osmunda lignita Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusOsmunda
specieslignita(Giebel 1857)

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.

Osmunda lignita Giebel 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Chattian or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Osmunda lignitum (24106 24107)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Osmunda lignitum (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Hainan) Osmunda lignita (223825)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Osmunda lignita (223815)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Osmunda lignitum (24978)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04United Kingdom (England) Osmunda lignitum (27665)