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Osmunda occidentale

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Asplenium occidentale was named by Knowlton (1917). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Osmunda occidentale by Brown (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Asplenium occidentale Knowlton
1919Asplenium occidentale Knowlton
1940Osmunda occidentale Brown pp. 344-345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusOsmunda
speciesoccidentale(Knowlton 1917)

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 occidentale Knowlton 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Rupelian or 113.20000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Asplenium occidentale (102759)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Asplenium occidentale (34972)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Asplenium occidentale (31964 31965 31966)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Asplenium occidentale (31382)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Idaho) Osmunda occidentale (27569)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene27.3 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Osmunda occidentale (35921)