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Thelypteridaceae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Thelypteridaceae

Taxonomy
Thelypteridaceae was named by Pichi-Sermolli (1970). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Aspleniineae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Thelypteridaceae Pichi-Sermolli
2016Thelypteridaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderAspleniineaeSchneid and Rothf
familyThelypteridaceaePichi-Sermolli 1970
familyThelypteridaceaePichi-Sermolli 1970

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. Thelypteridaceae Pichi-Sermolli 1970
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Subfm. Phegopteridoideae Salino et al. 2016
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G. Phegopteris Fée 1852
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†Phegopteris grothiana Heer 1883
†Phegopteris guyottii Lesquereux 1883
†Phegopteris praecuspidata Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Subfm. Thelypteridoideae Reed 1963
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G. Cyclosorus Link 1833
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G. Thelypteris Schmidel 1763
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 Wasatchian to the top of the Pleistocene or 54.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.5 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Thelypteris iddingsii (11393)
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Thelypteris iddingsii (11326 11327 11328 11346 11354 11461 11469 11470 11483 11498)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Thelypteris iddingsi (28730 28734 28741)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Xizang) Cyclosorus nervosus (223828)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Cyclosorus sp. (227632 227665 227674 227721 227788)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) Thelypteris achalensis (139659 139703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Cyclosorus gongylodes (168819 168822 168893 168904)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Cyclosorus sp. (228813 228815)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Cyclosorus gongylodes (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Cyclosorus sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168755)