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Bryopsida

Bryopsida

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Bryopsida Kenrick and Crane
2008Bryopsida Taylor et al. p. 1028
2022Bryopsida Bouju et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
RankNameAuthor
classBryopsida
classBryopsida

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.

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Subcl. †Andreaeidae
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Invalid names: Andreaeales [empty], Andreaobryales [empty], Takakiales [empty]
G. †Bryokhutuliinia Igantov 1992
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†Bryokhutuliinia obtusifolia Ignatov and Shcherbakov 2011
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G. Anomodon Hook and Taylor 1818
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G. Circulifolium Olsson et al. 2010
G. Neckera Hedwig 1801
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†Neckera shanwanica Wu and Feng 1978
Fm. Pylaisiadelphaceae Goffinet and Buck
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G. Isopterygium Mitten 1869
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G. Haplohymenium Dozy and Molkenboer 1846
G. †Muscites Brongniart 1828
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†Muscites tournalii Brongniart 1828
G. †Palaeodichelyma Ignatov and Shcherbakov 2007
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†Palaeodichelyma sinitzae Ignatov and Shcherbakov 2007
Subcl. †Polytrichidae
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G. †Polytrichites Yasui 1928
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G. †Stereisporites Pflug 1953
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†Stereisporites assamensis Sah and Dutta 1968
†Stereisporites grandis Dutta and Sah 1970
†Stereisporites pocockii Burger 1980
†Stereisporites regium Drugg 1967
†Stereisporites viriosus Dettmann and Playford 1968
G. †Tricostium Krasilov 1973
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†Tricostium longifolium Ignatov and Shcherbakov 2011
†Tricostium papillosum Krasilov 1973
Invalid names: Bartramiaceae [empty], Bryophyceae [replaced], Buxbaumiidae [empty], Sphagnidae [empty], Tetraphidae [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 Dienerian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 250.50000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 248.1 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 248.1Madagascar Stereisporites spp. (31351)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Argentina (Mendoza) Muscites sp. 1 (29404)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3South Africa (Eastern Cape) Muscites sp. (23004 23131 23142 23259 23263)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Muscites sp. (23002)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Lesotho Muscites sp. (23075)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Muscites sp. (23147 23224 23228 23229 23257 23266)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Muscites sp. (23003 23015 23076)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) Muscites sp. (23262)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Antarctica Stereisporites spp. (31342)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Russian Federation Muscites sp. 1 (30671)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation Muscites sp. 1 (30827)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Stereisporites sp. (224685)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Stereisporites sp. (224642)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Stereisporites sp. (224625)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Stereisporites compactus, Stereisporites congregatus, Stereisporites sp. (32313)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Muscites spp., Tricostium longifolium, Bryokhutuliinia obtusifolia, Palaeodichelyma sinitzae (217431)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) Stereisporites antiquasporites (194481)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Antarctica (Byers Peninsula) B. sp. (151291)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stereisporites antiquasporites (149849)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) Stereisporites psilatus (150515)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites (153429 153431 153432)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Stereisporites antiquasporites (164488 164489 164490 164522 164523 164524 164525 164526 164527 164528 164529 164530)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Bahamas (Off-shore) Stereisporites antiquasporites (142271 142272 142273 142274)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Chubut) Muscites sp. (150880)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites (153421)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Bahamas (cat Island) Stereisporites antiquasporites (140569)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites (153430)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Stereisporites antiquasporites (163896 163897 163898 163899 163900 163901 163902)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Muscites sp. (150634)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites (153426 153428)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) Stereisporites antiquasporites (163584)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Stereisporites antiquaspora (163482) Stereisporites antiquasporites (163481 163483 163484 163505 163506 163511 163512 163513 163514 163515) Stereisporites sp., Stereisporites antiquasporites (163507 163508 163509)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Stereisporites antiquasporites (170882 170892 170906)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Australia (Northern Territory) Stereisporites antiquasporites (163819) Stereisporites spp. (163516)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites (150509)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Stereisporites antiquasporites (22655 36264 55352)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites pococki (150182)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites viriosus (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Stereisporites maastrichtiensis, Stereisporites antiquasporites (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites regium (167578 167581 167582 167585 167586 167587) Stereisporites regium (167584)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.6 - 61.66Antarctica Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites regium (167588)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Stereisporites sp. (163322) Stereisporites stereoides (67818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Stereisporites regium (51889)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites stereoides (32522)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Stereisporites sp. (84455) Stereisporites spp. (234572 234573 234574 234575 234576 234587 234588 234589 234599 234600 234602 234603 234615 234616 234617 234618 234619 234620)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stereisporites antiquasporites (149974 168708 168710 240033 240042 240044 240045 240052 240054 240080 240082 240085 240086 240087 240088 240089 240438 240525 240527 240528)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Stereisporites antiquasporites (149815) Stereisporites sp. A, Stereisporites antiquasporites (168393) Stereisporites sp., Stereisporites antiquasporites (151446 151452)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Stereisporites antiquaporites (153424)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Canada (Manitoba) Stereisporites ancoris, Stereisporites antiquasporites (232089 232095) Stereisporites ancoris, Stereisporites antiquus, Stereisporites antiquasporites (232088) Stereisporites ancoris, Stereisporites antiquus, Stereisporites electus, Stereisporites antiquasporites (232093 232094) Stereisporites antiquus, Stereisporites antiquasporites (232096 232097)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Stereisporites spp. (234577 234578 234581 234584 234590 234594 234596 234597 234605 234612 234614 234622 234623 234624 234625 234626 234627 234628)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Stereisporites antiquasporites (152264 172890) Stereisporites sp. (151453 151454 151456) Stereisporites sp. 2 (151459) Stereisporites sp. 2, Stereisporites antiquasporites (151455 151460 151463) Stereisporites sp. 2, Stereisporites antiquasporites, Stereisporites regium (151458) Stereisporites sp., Stereisporites sp. 2, Stereisporites antiquasporites (151457)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Stereisporites spp. (236726 236816 236817 236818)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) Stereisporites assamensis (224682) Stereisporites grandis (224683)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Stereisporites spp. (236778 236780 236781 236782 236783 236784 236785 236786 236787 236788 236789 236794 236796 236798 236799 236801 236802 236803 236808 236812 236813 236814 236825 236826 236827 236830 236831 236832 236834 236836 236837 236838 236841 236842 236843 236846 236849 236850 236851 236852 236887 236888 236889 236890 236892 236893)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stereisporites antiquasporites (149975 240545 240548 240549)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) Stereisporites sp. (167491 167505 167510 167511 167516)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Antarctica Stereisporites sp. (169265 169266 169267 169268 169269 169270 169272 169273 169274 169275)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) Stereisporites australis, Stereisporites maastrichtiensis (166741)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Stereisporites spp. (236612 236614 236616 236619 236620 236621 236623 236730 236777)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Muscites sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Australia (Victoria) Stereisporites antiquasporites (167109)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) Stereisporites australis, Stereisporites stellus, Stereisporites sp. A of Mckellar, Stereisporites antiquasporites (168823 168824)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) Stereisporites sp. (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Stereisporites australis (167544) Stereisporites sp. (169237)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Muscites gracilens (24315)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Stereisporites sp. (166703)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Muscites gracilens (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ethiopia Isopterygium sp. (224753)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador Muscites sp. (32188)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Neckera shanwanica (223803)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) Haplohymenium sp., Circulifolium sp., Anomodon sp. (220273)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Neckera complanata (28442)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) Stereisporites spp. (224044)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) Stereisporites antiquasporites (137142)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Bryopsida indet., Stereisporites australis (166707)