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Selaginellaceae (spikemoss)
Taxonomy
Selaginellaceae was named by Willkomm (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lycopodiales by Knowlton (1919) and Chandler (1961); to Lycopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Selaginellales by Taylor et al. (2008) and I (2016).
It was assigned to Lycopodiales by Knowlton (1919) and Chandler (1961); to Lycopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Selaginellales by Taylor et al. (2008) and I (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Selaginellaceae Willkomm p. 163 |
| 1919 | Selaginellaceae Knowlton |
| 1961 | Selaginellaceae Chandler p. 115 |
| 2000 | Selaginellaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Selaginellaceae Taylor et al. p. 1028 |
| 2016 | Selaginellaceae I p. 722 |
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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.
Fm. Selaginellaceae Willkomm 1854 [spikemoss]
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G. †Antulsporites Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
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†Antulsporites baculatus Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
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Invalid names: Heliosporites baculatus Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966 [objective synonym]
†Antulsporites saevus Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
†Antulsporites varizonatus Norvick and Burger 1975
G. †Heliosporites Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
G. †Herkosporites Stover and Partridge 1973
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†Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973
†Herkosporites proxistriatus Norvick and Burger 1975
G. †Neoraistrickia Potonié 1956
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†Neoraistrickia elongata Reiser and Williams 1969
†Neoraistrickia robusta Brenner 1963
†Neoraistrickia suratensis McKellar 1974
†Neoraistrickia taylorii Playford and Dettmann 1965
†Neoraistrickia truncata Potonié 1956
†Neoraistrickia truncatus Potonié 1956
G. †Patellasporites Groot and Groot 1962
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†Patellasporites distaverrucatus Kemp 1970
†Patellasporites distaverrucosus Kemp 1970
G. †Perotrilites Couper 1953
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†Perotrilites caperatus Kemp 1970
†Perotrilites granulatus Couper 1953
†Perotrilites hyaloides Doring 1966
†Perotrilites jubatus Evans 1970
†Perotrilites laceratus Dettmann and Thomson 1987
†Perotrilites linearis Norvick and Burger 1975
†Perotrilites majus Evans 1970
†Perotrilites minor Owens 1971
†Perotrilites oepikii Norvick and Burger 1975
†Perotrilites pannuceus Brenner 1963
†Perotrilites perinatus Hughes and Playford 1961
†Perotrilites perinopustulosus Jardiné and Magloire 1965
†Perotrilites pseudoreticulatus Couper 1953
G. Selaginella Beauvois 1804
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†Selaginella berthoudii Lesquereux 1873
†Selaginella collieri Knowlton 1916
†Selaginella falcata Lesquereux 1878
†Selaginella laciniata Lesquereux 1875
†Selaginella marylandica Fontaine 1905
†Selaginella monstrosa Brown 1962
†Selaginella perinata Frederiksen 1980
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 Early/Lower Devonian to the top of the Holocene or 419.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 393.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 393.3 Ma
Collections (338 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Devonian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Perotrilites microbaculatus (25242) | |
| Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Perotrilites conatus (22738 22799 22828 22830 22831) | |
| Eifelian - Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | Heliosporites variabilis (23428) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Perotrilites conatus (22748 22749 22772 22795) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Nunavut) | Perotrilites conatus (22873) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Perotrilites conatus, Perotrilites sp. (20768) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Perotrilites sp. (23422) | |
| Middle Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Perotrilites conatus (22763 22766) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Nunavut) | Perotrilites conatus (22869) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Neoraistrickia sp. (23012) | |
| Westphalian A | Belgium | Selaginella fraipontii (37495) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India (Jharkhand) | Neoraistrickia sp. (224662) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India | Neoraistrickia ramosa (30154) | |
| Rotliegendes - Ufimian | Norway | Neoraistrickia cornutus, Neoraistrickia spp. (31344 31375) Neoraistrickia spp. (31335 31343 31345 31346 31347 31348 31370 31371 31372 31374) | |
| Kungurian | Canada (Nunavut) | Neoraistrickia caudicea, Neoraistrickia delicata (34100 34101) | |
| Kazanian - Zechstein | Norway | Neoraistrickia spp. (31349 31352 31376 31377) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Oklahoma) | Neoraistrickia sp. (24882) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic | Antarctica | Neoraistrickia sp. (31341) | |
| Griesbachian | Norway | Neoraistrickia spp. (31388) | |
| Dienerian - Smithian | Madagascar | Perotrilites sp. (31351) | |