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Hymenophyllales

Polypodiopsida - Hymenophyllales

Taxonomy
Hymenophyllales was named by Frank (1877). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiidae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Hymenophyllales Frank
2016Hymenophyllales I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderHymenophyllalesFrank 1877
orderHymenophyllalesFrank 1877

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.

Or. Hymenophyllales Frank 1877
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Fm. †Hymenophyllaceae Link
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G. †Eusphenopteris Weiss 1882
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Eusphenopteris tenella Brongniart 1882
G. †Excipulites Goeppert 1836
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Excipulites neesii Goeppert 1836
G. Mecodium Presl 1937
G. †Trichomanites Goeppert 1836
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Trichomanites myriophyllum Goeppert 1836
Invalid names: Trichomanoideae Presl 1843 [empty]
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 Mississippian to the top of the Holocene or 358.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Eusphenopteris morrowensis (13511)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Alabama) Eusphenopteris lobata (28985 28987 28988 28989 28990 28991 28992 31028 31029 31030 31031 31032 31033 31034 31035)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) Eusphenopteris aldrichii (12700)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Turkey Eusphenopteris obtusiloba, Eusphenopteris schumannii, Eusphenopteris sauveuri (28300)
Carboniferous - Permian358.9 - 251.902USA (Illinois) Eusphenopteris sp. (11213)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Colorado) Eusphenopteris sp. (11206)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Portugal (Santo Tirso) Eusphenopteris nummularia (27720)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (New Brunswick) Trichomanites sp. (122728)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Eusphenopteris sp. (11189)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Indiana) Eusphenopteris sp. (32637) Eusphenopteris spp. (11198)
Westphalian D - Moscovian309.8 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Eusphenopteris scribanii-striata (21275)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Spain (Ciudad Real) Eusphenopteris sp. (11178)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Spain Eusphenopteris sp. (11177)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Portugal Eusphenopteris rotundiloba (25373)
Permian - Carboniferous298.9 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Eusphenopteris sp. (11195)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Germany (Sauerland) Hymenophyllaceae indet. (22727)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Hymenophyllaceae FU021 (24962)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Hymenophyllaceae sp. 1 (11467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Mecodium exsertum (228818)