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Piazopteris

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae

Taxonomy
Piazopteris was named by Lorch (1969). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Matoniaceae by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Piazopteris Lorch
1991Piazopteris Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderGleicheniales
familyMatoniaceaePresl 1847
genusPiazopterisLorch 1969

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.

G. †Piazopteris Lorch 1969
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Piazopteris branneri White 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 201.40000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7Honduras P. branneri (24794)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Mexico (Oaxaca) P. branneri (24724)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Mexico (Veracruz) P. sp. (24736)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Israel (Negev) P. sp. 1 (30197)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) P. branneri (24678 24679 24682 24725)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Puebla) P. branneri (24681)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0India (Ladakh) P. branneri (229179)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Mexico (Oaxaca) P. branneri (25087)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Madagascar P. sp. 1 (30276)