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Woodwardia gravida

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Taxonomy
Woodwardia gravida was named by Hickey (1977) [The following spores from the holotype: USNM 43429 (x, y coordinates, -27.8, 13.5), 43430 (-28.7, 7.4), 43431 (-27.2, 7.8), and 43432 (-41.6, 8.2); PU 20093 (-12.1, 12.0) and 20094 (-30.2, 9.2). Paratype: USNM 43428.]. Its type specimen is USNM 43427. Its type locality is North of Lost Bridge (USNM 14121), which is in a Wasatchian channel sandstone/shale in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Woodwardia gravida Hickey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
familyBlechnaceaeCopeland
RankNameAuthor
subfamilyWoodwardioideaeGasper et al. 2016
genusWoodwardiaSmith 1793
speciesgravida

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Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Graybullian or 66.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (North Dakota) Woodwardia gravida (25451)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Woodwardia gravida (34417 34419 34420 34422 34423)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28656)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28647 28648 28655 28673 28674 28686 28688 28690)
Graybullian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (11406 11463 11475 11477 11489)
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (11468)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (North Dakota) Woodwardia gravida (type locality: 10979)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28720 28722 28728 28730 28731 28734 28738)