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Adiantum anastomosum

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Taxonomy
Adiantum anastomosum was named by Brown (1940). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Steels Crossing, which is in a Bartonian deltaic shale in the Tukwila Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Adiantum anastomosum Brown p. 345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyVittarioideaeLink 1841
genusAdiantum
speciesanastomosum

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Adiantum anastomosum Brown 1940
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.W. Brown 1940Frond or pinna 10cm or more in diameter, strongly cordate at the base; deeply lobed. Lobes apparently 8, long, narrow, of unequal length, lygodioid in form. Venation without midrib, reticulate, anastomosing freely. Sori on the margins of the lobes narrow, in discontinuous patches. Margin entire.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Adiantum anastomosum (type locality: 228147)