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Lycopsida
Taxonomy
Lycopsida is a class.
It was assigned to Lycophyta by Lapasha and Miller (1985); to Tracheophyta by Hickey (1977) and McIver and Basinger (1993); to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997); and to Pteridophyta by Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Lycophyta by Lapasha and Miller (1985); to Tracheophyta by Hickey (1977) and McIver and Basinger (1993); to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997); and to Pteridophyta by Mabberley (2000).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Lycopsida Hickey |
| 1985 | Lycopsida Lapasha and Miller |
| 1993 | Lycopsida McIver and Basinger |
| 1997 | Lycopsida Kenrick and Crane |
| 2000 | Lycopsida Mabberley |
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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.
Cl. †Lycopsida
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G. †Archaeosigillaria Kidston 1901
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†Archaeosigillaria conferta Frenguelli 1954
†Archaeosigillaria vanuxemi Goeppert 1852
G. †Chaloneria Pigg and Rothwell 1983
G. †Foveotriletes Van der Hammen and Potonié 1956
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†Foveotriletes foveolus Venkatachala et al. 1968
†Foveotriletes kutchensis Venkatachala 1968
†Foveotriletes lacunosus Partridge 1973
†Foveotriletes margaritae Germeraad et al. 1968
†Foveotriletes microfoveolatus Menéndez 1968
†Foveotriletes miocenicum Ramanujam 1967
†Foveotriletes pachyexinous Dutta and Sah 1970
†Foveotriletes palaequetrus Partridge 1973
†Foveotriletes parvirectus Dettmann 1963
†Foveotriletes psilatus Mathur 1966
†Foveotriletes scrobiculatus Potonié 1956
†Foveotriletes subtriangularis Brenner 1963
†Foveotriletes triangulus Venkatachala et al. 1968
G. †Kraeuselisporites Leschik
G. †Lepidosigillaria Kraeusel and Weyland 1949
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†Lepidosigillaria quadrata Danzé-Corsin 1965
†Lepidosigillaria whitei Kraeusel and Weyland 1949
G. †Protolycopodites Weyland and Berendt 1968
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†Protolycopodites devonicus Weyland and Berendt 1968
G. †Styxisporites Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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†Styxisporites linearis Cookson and Dettmann 1958
†Styxisporites majus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
G. †Uvaesporites Döring 1965
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†Uvaesporites argentaeformis Schultz 1967
†Uvaesporites crassibalteus Blackhouse 1988
†Uvaesporites gadensis Praehauser-Enzenberg 1970
†Uvaesporites glomeratus Doring 1965
G. †Wuxia Berry et al. 2003
G. †Yuguangia Hao et al. 2007
G. †Zebrasporites Klaus 1960
Invalid names: Lycophyceae [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 407.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (571 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Lepidodendropsis sp. (28302) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Gemuenden) | Lycospora pusillus (26903) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Brazil (Piaui) | Archaeosigillaria sp. (37128) | |
| Eifelian | South Africa | Lycopsida indet. (35597) | |
| Middle Devonian | Argentina (San Juan) | Archaeosigillaria conferta (151640) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Archaeosigillaria caespitosa (14084 14088 14089 20697 20700 20701 20702 20703 20704 20705 20706 20715 20716 20717 20732) Archaeosigillaria caespitosa, Archaeosigillaria devriesii (20748) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Archaeosigillaria caespitosa (14340 20708 20710 20713 20714 20718 20719 20728 20729 20744) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Archaeosigillaria sp. (28426 28769 28851) Archaeosigillaria vanuxemi (20678 20680 20905 20937 20943 28413 28414 28423 28424 28749) Archaeosigillaria vanuxemii (20723) Lycopsida indet. (28040) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Lycospora magnifica, Lycospora maginfica, Lycospora pallida, Planisporites minimus, Planisporites dilucidus (23422) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | USA (New York) | Lepidosigillaria sp. (28286) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Foveotriletes crater (166703) Foveotriletes palaequetrus (167314) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Foveotriletes palaequetrus (143212) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene | Argentina | Foveotriletes palaequetrus (169468) | |
| Aquitanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Lycopsida indet. (21371) | |
| Miocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Foveotriletes miocenicum (224618) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Foveotriletes balteus (224044) | |
| Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) | Foveotriletes palaequetrus (169355 169356) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Foveotriletes microfoveolatus (137142) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Foveotriletes balteus (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172877 172878 172883) Foveotriletes sp. (172884) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Foveotriletes lacunosus (166707) | |