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Caytoniaceae

Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae

Taxonomy
Caytoniaceae is a family. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caytoniales by Meyen (1984) and Lapasha and Miller (1985); and to Euspermatoclides by Kenrick and Crane (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Caytoniaceae Meyen p. 89
1985Caytoniaceae Lapasha and Miller
1997Caytoniaceae Kenrick and Crane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderCaytoniales
familyCaytoniaceae
familyCaytoniaceae

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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G. †Caytonia Thomas 1925
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Caytonia indica Bose and Banerji 1984
Caytonia sewardi Thomas 1925
G. †Sagenopteris Presl 1838
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Sagenopteris alaskensis Fontaine 1905
Sagenopteris colpodes Harris 1940
Sagenopteris elliptica Fontaine 1889
Sagenopteris emmonsi Fontaine 1900
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Invalid names: Cyclopteris obscurus Emmons 1857 [replaced]
Sagenopteris grandifolia Fontaine 1905
Sagenopteris latifolia Fontaine 1889
Sagenopteris longicaulis Du Toit 1927
Sagenopteris mantelli Dunker 1846
Sagenopteris mclearni Berry 1929
Sagenopteris nervosa Fontaine 1905
Sagenopteris nilssoniana Brongniart 1825
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Invalid names: Sagenopteris rhoifolia Presl 1838 [synonym]
Sagenopteris oblongifolia Penhallow 1902
Sagenopteris oregonensis Fontaine 1895
Sagenopteris paucifolia Phillips 1829
Sagenopteris stoliczkana Feistmantel 1879
Sagenopteris variabilis Velenovsky 1885
Sagenopteris virginiensis Fontaine 1889
Invalid names: Phyllopteris Brongniart 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Carboniferous to the top of the Middle Albian or 358.90000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (242 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Phyllopteris antiqua (13145)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Jharkhand) Sagenopteris stoliczkana (224880 225321)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India Sagenopteris sp., Sagenopteris rhoifolia (30166)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India (Andhra Pradesh) Sagenopteris sp. (224649)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Australia (New South Wales) Phyllopteris feistmanteli (132305)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy Sagenopteris sp. (154334)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany Sagenopteris sp. (154354)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation Sagenopteris sp. 1 (30455)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Sagenopteris sp. 1 (29404)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan Sagenopteris sp. 1 (30273)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland Sagenopteris skogiae (23406 23411)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Canada (Alberta) Caytonia sp. (31654)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Sagenopteris mantelli (22645)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (British Columbia) Sagenopteris elliptica (24887) Sagenopteris sp. (24860)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Montana) Sagenopteris williamsii (35546 35547)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Montana) Sagenopteris elliptica (21130 21133 21160 21164) Sagenopteris elliptica, Sagenopteris mclearni (21155) Sagenopteris elliptica, Sagenopteris mclearni, Sagenopteris williamsii (21136 21139 21151 21152 21153 21158) Sagenopteris mclearni (21162) Sagenopteris williamsii (21140 21154 21156 21159)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Sagenopteris elliptica (24892)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation Sagenopteris variabilis (34794 34796 34800 34801)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Canada (British Columbia) Sagenopteris mclearni (136785) Sagenopteris williamsii (136798)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) Caytonia sp. (31659)