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Rhacopteris
Taxonomy
Rhacopteris was named by Schimper (1869). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); to Plantae by Kimura and Kim (1989); and to Pteridopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991).
It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); to Plantae by Kimura and Kim (1989); and to Pteridopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Rhacopteris Schimper |
| 1976 | Rhacopteris Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1989 | Rhacopteris Kimura and Kim |
| 1991 | Rhacopteris Chandra and Tewari |
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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. †Rhacopteris Schimper 1869
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†Rhacopteris circularis Walton 1927
†Rhacopteris elegans Ettingshausen 1852
†Rhacopteris ovata McCoy 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | R. sp. (14257) | |
| Tournaisian | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (28218) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | United Kingdom (Wales) | R. robusta, R. petiolata, R. fertilis, R. circularis (34465) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | R. petiolata (28860) | |
| Mississippian | Ireland | R. sp. (32229) | |
| Mississippian | India (Jammu & Kashmir) | R. ovata (229234 229235) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (Nunavut) | R. sp. (101999) | |
| Mississippian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | R. sp., R. circularis, R. ovata, R. inaequilatera (224624) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | R. busseana (12421) R. petiolata (28544 28763 31265) | |
| Visean | Canada (Nova Scotia) | R. robusta (28620) | |
| Visean | United Kingdom (Wales) | R. weissii (34478) | |
| Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | R. lindsaeformis, R. geikiei (34471) | |
| Visean | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | R. circularis (29161) | |
| Pennsylvanian | India (Jammu & Kashmir) | R. circularis, R. ovata (229238) | |
| Westphalian - Carboniferous | Canada (Nova Scotia) | R. sp. (12033) | |
| Gzhelian | Australia (Tasmania) | R. ovata (77198) | |
| Artinskian | China (Nei Mongol) | R. sp. 1 (30022) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | China (Gansu) | R. sp. 1 (29968) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | China (Xinjiang) | R. sp. 1 (30020) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | China (Gansu) | R. sp. 1 (29975) | |
| Carnian | Austria | R. raiblensis (24680) |