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Lindsaeaceae (lace fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Lindsaeaceae

Taxonomy
Lindsaeaceae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiales by Srivastava (1991); and to Lindsaeineae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Lindsaeaceae Srivastava
2016Lindsaeaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderLindsaeineaeLehtonen and Tuomisto 2016
familyLindsaeaceae
familyLindsaeaceae

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.

Fm. Lindsaeaceae [lace fern]
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G. †Odontosorites Kobayashi and Yosida 1944
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†Odontosorites heerianus Yokoyama 1944
G. Sphenomeris Maxon 1913
G. Tapeinidium Christensen 1906
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†Tapeinidium undulatum Hall 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Quaternary or 85.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Tapeinidium undulatum (31382)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Tapeinidium Undulatum (35083 35084 35089)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tripura) Sphenomeris sp. (228883 228884)