Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pteridineae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales

Taxonomy
Pteridineae was named by Prado and Schuettp (2016). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Polypodiales by I (2016).

Subtaxa
Pteridaceae
Sister taxa
Pteridaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Pteridineae I
2016Pteridineae Prado and Schuettp

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016

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.

Subor. Pteridineae Prado and Schuettp 2016
show all | hide all
Fm. Pteridaceae Reichenbach
hide
G. †Adiantopteris Vassilevskaja 1963
+
†Adiantopteris tripinnata Cladera et al. 2007
Subfm. Cheilanthoideae Horvat 1927
+
G. Cheilanthes Swartz 1806 [lip fern]
G. Pellaea Link 1841 [cliffbrake]
+
†Pellaea antiquella Cockerell 1908
G. †Contignisporites Dettmann 1963
+
†Contignisporites burgeri Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites burgerii Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites cooksonae Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites cooksoniae Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites cooksonii Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites crenatus Varma and Ramanujam 1984
†Contignisporites dettmannii Singh and Kumar 1966
†Contignisporites fornicatus Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites kutchensis Venkatachala et al. 1968
†Contignisporites medeae Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites psilatus Singh and Kumar 1966
†Contignisporites triletus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Subfm. Cryptogrammoideae Lindsay 2009
+
G. Coniogramme Fée 1852
G. Cryptogramma Brown 1823 [fern]
+
Cryptogramma crispa Linnaeus 1753
G. Eriosorus Fée 1852
G. †Kolymella Samylina and Filipova 1970
+
†Kolymella raevskii Samylina and Filipova 1970
G. Onychium Kaulfuss 1820
+
Onychium japonicum Thunberg 1784
Subfm. Parkerioideae Burnett 1835
+
G. Acrostichum Linnaeus 1753
+
Acrostichum areolatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum aureum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum barbarum Linnaeus 1753
†Acrostichum crassifolium Fontaine 1889
Acrostichum crinitum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum cruciatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum dichotomum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum digitatum Linnaeus 1753
†Acrostichum georgianum Berry 1914
†Acrostichum haddeni Hollick 1902
†Acrostichum hesperium Newberry 1882
Acrostichum ilvense Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum marantae Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum nodosum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum pectinatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum pulchrum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum siliquosum Linnaeus 1753
G. Ceratopteris Brongniart 1821
Subfm. Pteridoideae Link 1841
+
G. Pteris Linnaeus 1753
+
†Pteris affinis Lesquereux 1873
Pteris aquilina Linnaeus 1753
Pteris arborea Linnaeus 1753
Pteris atropurpurea Linnaeus 1753
Pteris biaurita Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris caudata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Pteris dichotoma Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
†Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
†Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1878
Pteris furcata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
†Pteris idahoensis Knowlton 1898
+
Invalid names: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
†Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris lineata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris longifolia Linnaeus 1753
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Pteris mutilata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris pedata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
Pteris ruffa Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
Pteris semipinnata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
Pteris stipularis Linnaeus 1753
Pteris trichomanoides Linnaeus 1753
Pteris tricuspidata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris vittata Linnaeus 1753
G. †Pterisisporites Sung and Zheng
Subfm. Vittarioideae Link 1841
+
G. Adiantum Linnaeus 1753
+
Adiantum aculeatum Linnaeus 1753
†Adiantum anastomosum Brown 1940
†Adiantum apalophyllum Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
Adiantum chusanum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum clavatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum flabellulatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum hexagonum Linnaeus 1753
†Adiantum montanensis Knowlton 1907
Adiantum pedatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum peruvianum Klotzsch 1844
Adiantum philippense Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum pulverulentum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum radiatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum reniforme Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum serrulatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum trapeziforme Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum trifoliatum Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum trilobum Linnaeus 1753
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 Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 227.3 Ma

Collections (212 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Russian Federation Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30416 30818)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Romania Pteris sp. (31097)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Japan (Yamaguchi) Adiantopteris sp. 1, Adiantopteris sp. 2 (30208)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Japan Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30200)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites psilatus (224685)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites kutchensis (225331 227057) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites multimuratus, Contignisporites kutchensis (227058) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites multimuratus, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites triletus, Contignisporites psilatus (224785)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites psilatus (224642)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii (224625)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Portugal Adiantum sp. (24530)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Japan Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30204)
Neocomian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Sudan (South Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (172845 172849)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites dettmannii (224609)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) Contignisporites cooksoniae (150017 150025 150030)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Adiantum expansum (73497)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) Contignisporites sp. (139498 139499 139501)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Adiantopteris sp. (212809)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Contignisporites dorsostriatus (45193)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Contignisporites cooksonii (73548)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142198 142199 142200)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adiantopteris tripinnata (150879) Contignisporites cooksonii (149982) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites burgerii (150185)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites burgerii (150615)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Sudan (West Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (145172)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Sudan (South Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (145157)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Adiantopteris sp. (32378)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142202 142204 142205)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites multimuratus (153429)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Contignisporites glebulentus (164489 164490 164525)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Contignisporites glebulentus (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Contignisporites fornicatus (163896)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites fornicatus (153430)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142206 142207)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae (169324 169325 169326)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Pteridaceae indet. (234985)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Contignisporites fornicatus (150182)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58India (West Bengal) Ceratopteris sp. (224752)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Colombia Acrostichum CJ66 (134747)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Acrostichum hesperium (24415)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Acrostichum lanzaeanum (23397)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Acrostichum ubense (24463 24468 24469 24470 24471 24478 24487 24488 24490) Acrostichum ubensis (24476)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Pteris sitkensis (112312)
Ypresian - Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Acrostichum lanzaeanum (23395)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Pteris silvicola, Acrostichum hesperium (28741)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Acrostichum hesperium (21389 28744 28745)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Acrostichum lanzaeanum (24107) Adiantum sp., Adiantum apalophyllum, Acrostichum lanzaeanum, Pteris eocenica (24106)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Acrostichum sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Acrostichum sp. (21220)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) Pteris dentata (34365)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Pteris dentata (16542)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Acrostichum georgianum (212697)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Adiantum anastomosum (228147)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar (Sagaing) Acrostichum sp. (227631) Acrostichum sp., Pterisisporites sp. (227630)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Acrostichum sp. (227632 227648 227649 227652 227662 227663 227664 227665 227666 227668 227670 227672 227676 227699 227700 227709 227720 227721 227724 227787 227800 227801 227804 227805 227806) Acrostichum sp., Pterisisporites sp. (227633 227634 227650 227661 227667 227669 227671 227673 227674 227696 227697 227710 227714 227780 227781 227782 227783 227802 227807) Pterisisporites sp. (227647 227651 227698 227701 227784 227785 227803)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Acrostichum lanzaeanum (27663)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Pteris silvicola (35221 35237)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pteris sp. (141997)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04India (Assam) Ceratopteris sp. (224697)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (Santa cruz) Pteris nirihuaoensis (141995)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico Pteris sp. (32288 32289 32292 32295)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) Pteris nirihuaoensis (31540 31543)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adiantum patagonicum (31544)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Panama Pteris sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32394 32397)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Cheilanthes sp. (46323)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Pteris sp. (23973)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica Pteridaceae indet., Pteridaceae indet 2, Pteridaceae indet 2., Pteris spp. (31168)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Mexico (Oaxaca) Acrostichum mexicanum (32065)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Bolivia Pteris sp. (34363)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Pteris sp. (223803)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama Pteris sp., Ceratopteris sp. (32451)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (California) Pteris calabazensis (19206)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) Pteris pennaeformis, Cheilanthes sp. (46225)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Taiwan Coniogramme devoli (223908)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Taiwan (N/A) Coniogramme devoli (208972)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Cheilanthes sp. (46237)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (Potosi) Acrostichum linearifolium (32127)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Pteridaceae indet. (232125) Pteridaceae indet., Adiantum sp. (232146) Pteridaceae indet., Pteris sp. (232112) Pteris sp. (232122 232144)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Panama Pteris sp. (32308 32310 32312) Pteris sp., Ceratopteris sp. (32311)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) Pteris pacajensis (32002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Pteris indet. (172870 172874 172883)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Tokyo) Pteris cretica (224546)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Onychium sp. (224677 228819)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168893 168918 168924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pteris sp. (22115)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Pteris sp. (228848) Pteris sp., Onychium japonicum (228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Pteris sp., Adiantum sp., Ceratopteris sp. (228810)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama Pteris sp., Ceratopteris sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Cheilanthes sp. (228817) Cheilanthes sp., Eriosorus sp., Pteris stenophylla (228813) Cheilanthes sp., Pteris stenophylla (228822) Pteris sp., Cheilanthes sp. (228816) Pteris stenophylla (228815)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cheilanthes sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Onychium sp. (228759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Acrostichum aureum (228796 228807 228808)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Ceratopteris sp. (168083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Pteris sp. (228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris wallichiana, Pteris sp., Pteris mertensioides (228818)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Acrostichum sp., Pteris sp., Ceratopteris sp. (144662)