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Dicksoniaceae

Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dicksoniaceae Schomb
1962Dicksoniaceaesporites Biswas
1985Dicksoniaceae Lapasha and Miller
2011Dicksoniaceae Jud
2016Dicksoniaceae I
2020Dicksoniaceae Vallati et al. p. 5
2023Dicksoniaceae Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849

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. Dicksoniaceae Schomb 1849
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G. Calochlaena Turner and White 1988
G. †Cibotiidites Potonié 1956
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Cibotiidites auriculatus Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1998
Cibotiidites bettianus Srivastava 1977
G. †Cyatheacidites Potonié 1956
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Cyatheacidites annulata Cookson 1947
Cyatheacidites annulatus Cookson 1947
Cyatheacidites botuliformis Dettmann 1986
Cyatheacidites granulosus Singh et al. 1964
Cyatheacidites pulcher Potonié and Sah 1960
Cyatheacidites tectifera Archangelsky and Gamerro 1965
Cyatheacidites verrucosus Singh et al. 1964
G. Dicksonia L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
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Invalid names: Anemia stricta Newberry 1895 [synonym]
Dicksonia montanensis Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia munda Dawson 1885
Dicksonia oregonensis Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia pachyphylla Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia rajmahalensis Sharma 1971
Dicksonia saportana Heer 1876
Dicksonia speciosa Sharma 1975
G. †Kylikipteris Harris 1961
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Kylikipteris argula Lindley and Hutton 1961
G. Lophosoria Presl 1847
G. †Tchaunia Samy'lina and Filippova 1970
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Tchaunia tchaunensis Samy'lina and Filippova 1970
G. †Tinpaharia Jacob 1943
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Tinpaharia sinuosa Jacob 1943
G. †Trilites Erdtman and Couper 1947
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Trilites annulata Cookson 1947
Trilites australis Cookson 1947
Trilites comaumensis Cookson 1953
Trilites densiverrucosus Menendez 1968
Trilites fasolae Archangelsky 1972
Trilites grandis Cookson 1947
Trilites komkraalensis Scott 1976
Trilites kopukuensis Couper 1960
Trilites neddeni Cookson 1947
Trilites ornamentalis Cookson 1947
Trilites parvallatus Krutzsch 1959
Trilites perverrucatus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites reticulata Cookson 1947
Trilites scabratus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947
Trilites verrucatus Couper 1953
Trilites volkheimerii Filatoff 1975
Trilites wolfgangii Sajjadi and Playford 2003
Invalid names: Dicksoniaceaesporites Biswas 1962 [nomen nudum], Thyrsopterideae [empty]
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 Zechstein to the top of the Holocene or 259.51000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.14 Ma

Collections (216 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy Trilites dejerseyi (32197)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India Dicksonia sp. 1 (30171)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicksonia sp. (225432)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Italy Trilites sp. (31837)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) Trilites tuberculiformis (232077)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania Kylikipteris arguta (31083)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Romania Kylikipteris arguta (31082 31084)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Poland (Cracow) Dicksonia ascedens, Dicksonia zarecznyi (24598)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Dicksonia kendalli, Dicksonia mariopteris, Kylikipteris arguta (24235)
Middle Aalenian - Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Kylikipteris arguta (24262)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Dicksonia sp. (24725)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom Dicksonia kendallii (35120)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Dicksonia mariopteris, Kylikipteris arguta (24264)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom Dicksonia mariopteris (35122)
Bajocian - Callovian170.3 - 163.5USA (Oregon/Idaho) Dicksonia oregonensis (24792)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Ukraine Dicksonia sp. 1 (30961)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Trilites bossus (31317)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation Dicksonia sp. 1 (30671)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Dicksonia rajmahalensis, Dicksonia speciosa (225504) Tinpaharia sinuosa (226714)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Rajasthan) Tinpaharia sinuosa (30133)