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Dipteridaceae

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae

Taxonomy
Dipteridaceae was named by Seward and Dale. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Filicales by Lapasha and Miller (1985) and Kimura and Kim (1988); to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Gleicheniales by Jud (2011) and I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Dipteridaceae Lapasha and Miller
1988Dipteridaceae Kimura and Kim
2000Dipteridaceae Mabberley
2011Dipteridaceae Jud
2016Dipteridaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderGleicheniales
familyDipteridaceaeSeward and Dale
familyDipteridaceaeSeward and Dale

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. †Dipteridaceae Seward and Dale
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G. †Apachea Daugherty 1941
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†Apachea arizonica Daugherty 1941
G. †Dictyophyllum Lindley and Hutton 1834
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†Dictyophyllum ellenbergi Fabre and Greber 1960
†Dictyophyllum indicum Bose and Jana 1979
†Dictyophyllum nilssoni Brongniart 1836
†Dictyophyllum rugosum Lindley and Hutton 1834
†Dictyophyllum tenuifolium Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
G. Dipteris Reinw 1825 [fern]
G. †Hausmannia Dunker 1846
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Subg. †Hausmannia (Protorhipis) Andrae 1853
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Invalid names: Hausmannia nariwaensis Oishi 1930 [synonym]
†Protorhipis fisheri Knowlton 1907
†Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
†Hausmannia californica Fontaine 1905
†Hausmannia crenata Nathorst 1878
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Invalid names: Hausmannia indica Gupta 1955 [synonym]
†Hausmannia crookshankii Shah and Singh 1964
†Hausmannia dentata Oishi 1932
†Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
†Hausmannia leeiana Sze 1933
†Hausmannia montanensis Lapasha and Miller 1985
†Hausmannia pachyderma Sukh-Dev 1961
†Hausmannia papilio Herbst 1960
G. †Thaumatopteris Goeppert 1841
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†Thaumatopteris barrealensis Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
†Thaumatopteris muensteri Goeppert 1841
†Thaumatopteris rothii Frenguelli 1941
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 Ladinian to the top of the Edmontonian or 242.00000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (384 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Chile (Chañaral) Dictyophyllum tenuifolium (224049)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29423)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29421)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Thaumatopteris muensteri (24669)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Liaoning) Hausmannia sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29980)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Dictyophyllum sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 2, Dictyophyllum sp. 3, Dictyophyllum sp. 4 (30210)
Ladinian - Norian242.0 - 208.5Iran Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (30190)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Dictyophyllum sp. (24667)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Thaumatopteris lunzensis (24683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Hunan) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29638)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Mexico (Sonora) Thaumatopteris barrealensis (200775)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia/North Carolina) Dictyophyllum sp. (24383)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Hubei) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29881)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Hausmannia sp. 1, Hausmannia sp. 2, Thaumatopteris sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 2, Dictyophyllum sp. 3, Dictyophyllum sp. 4 (30209)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Malaysia Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (30290)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile Dictyophyllum fuenzalidai, Dictyophyllum tenuifolium, Thaumatopteris rothii (201288) Dictyophyllum sp., Dictyophyllum tenuifolium (207683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Sud-Deutsche Senke) Dictyophyllum serratum (24808)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Fujian) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29781)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29916)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Thaumatopteris brauniana, Dictyophyllum spp. (24875)