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Zosterophyllum
Taxonomy
Zosterophyllum was named by Penhallow (1892). Its type is Zosterophyllum myretonianum.
It was assigned to Psilophytophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997).
It was assigned to Psilophytophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997).
Species
Z. divaricatum, Z. myretonianum (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Zosterophyllum Penhallow |
| 1970 | Zosterophyllum Andrews |
| 1997 | Zosterophyllum Kenrick and Crane |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 425.00000 to 385.90000 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silurian | Norway (Svalbard) | Z. sp. (20839) | |
| Ludlow - Pridoli | Canada (Nunavut) | Z. b (10599) Z. sp. (53920) | |
| Ludfordian | Canada (Nunavut) | Z. sp. (11426) | |
| Ludfordian - Pridoli | Ukraine | Z. myretonianum (14147) | |
| Pridoli | Ukraine (Podolia) | Z. myretonianum (52702) | |
| Pridoli | China (Xinjiang) | Z. sp. (10931) | |
| Pridoli | Ukraine | Z. sp. (13873) | |
| Pridoli - Helderbergian | China (Xinjiang) | Z. sp. (27917) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Z. fertile (10997) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Z. fertile (10705) Z. myretonianum (26755 26756 26757) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (England) | Z. fertile (10679) | |
| Lochkovian | Belgium (Liege?) | Z. fertile, Z. spp. (11722) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Z. myretonianum (60395) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | France (Lys Valley) | Z. artesianum (28207) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Z. sp. (25242) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | China (Sichuan) | Z. myretonianum, Z. yunnanicum, Z. sichuanense (10907) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Z. divaricatum (26438) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Belgium (Liege) | Z. deciduum (24046) Z. deciduum, Z. fertile (24038) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom | Z. sp. (238752) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Nunavut) | Z. arcticum (11133 11216 11487) Z. arcticum, Z. reflexum (11491) Z. arcticum, Z. reflexum, Z. sp. (11721) Z. newspeciesd (11139) Z. reflexum (11129 11135 11140 11419 11441 11482 11520 11719) Z. reflexum, Z. arcticum (11435) Z. reflexum, Z. newspeciesb, Z. sp. (11141) Z. reflexum, Z. sp. (11130 11131 11132 11134 11553) Z. sp. (11425 11524 11718 11720) Z. sp., Z. newspeciesb, Z. reflexum, Z. arcticum (11142) Z. sp.. (10636) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Z. llanoveranum, Z. australianum, Z. fertile (11083) Z. llanoveranum, Z. fertile (11088) | |
| Pragian | China (Yunnan) | Z. australianum (10894 10896 11008) Z. sp. (11004) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | Kazakhstan | Z. sp. (32851) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | China (Yunnan) | Z. yunnanicum, Z. australianum, Z. spathulatum (10940) | |
| Pragian - Middle Devonian | China (Yunnan) | Z. ramosum (10893) | |
| Pragian - Middle Devonian | Australia (Victoria) | Z. sp. (20896) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | Zosterophyllum indet. (27129) | |
| Emsian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Z. sp. (10719) | |
| Middle Devonian | Norway (Svalbard) | Z. longum (21116) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | South Africa | Z. devriesse (21228) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czechia | Z. bohemicum (23735 23743) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czechia (Bohemia) | Z. bohemicum, Z. sp. (27157) |