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Filicinae

Pteropsida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Filicinae MacGinitie
1977Filicinae Hickey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPteropsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassFilicinae
subclassFilicinae

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.

Subcl. †Filicinae
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G. †Anomopteris Brongniart 1828
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†Anomopteris mougeotii Brongniart 1828
G. †Corsinopteris Doweld 2001
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Invalid names: Orthotheca petschorica Fefilova 1973 [objective synonym]
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Invalid names: Danaeites saraepontanus Stur 1885 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Orthotheca Corsin 1951 [replaced]
G. †Cyathocarpus Weiss 1869
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†Cyathocarpus arborescens Schlotheim 1820
G. †Eupecopteris Kidston 1925
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†Eupecopteris bucklandi Brongniart 1925
G. †Lageniopteris Renault 1883
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†Lageniopteris obtusiloba Renault 1883
G. †Langcamia Srebrodolskaya 1969
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†Langcamia zeilleri Srebrodolskaya 1969
G. †Lobatopteris Wagner 1958
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†Lobatopteris vestita Lesquereux 1958
G. †Moakheopteris Srebrodolskaya 1969
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†Moakheopteris vietnamica Srebrodolskaya 1969
G. †Mokrawia Knopp 1933
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†Mokrawia alberti Knopp 1933
G. †Neuropteridium Schimper 1879
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†Neuropteridium grandifolium Schimper 1879
G. †Palaeogleichenia Leuthardt 1901
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G. †Palaeoweichselia Potonie and Gothan 1909
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†Palaeoweichselia defrancei Brongniart 1834
G. †Palibiniopteris Prinada 1956
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G. †Pecopteridium Picquenard 1922
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†Pecopteridium pluckenetii Schlotheim 1825
G. †Pecopteris Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825
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†Alethopteris branneri White 1913
†Alethopteris lobifolia Schimper 1828
†Alethopteris lonchiticus Schlotheim 1804
†Alethopteris roesserti Presl 1838
†Alethopteris valida Boulay 1876
†Alethopteris whitbyensis Göppert 1876
†Alethopteris whitneyi Newberry 1876
†Pecopteris affinis McClelland 1850
†Pecopteris arctica Heer 1883
†Pecopteris borealis Brongniart 1828
†Pecopteris buhsei Engelhardt 1891
†Pecopteris concinna Presl 1881
†Pecopteris cycloloba Newberry 1861
†Pecopteris filatovae Sixtel 1962
†Pecopteris geyleriana Nathorst 1890
†Pecopteris lobata Oldham 1863
†Pecopteris montanensis Fontaine 1892
†Pecopteris pennaeformis Brongniart 1822
†Pecopteris rarinervis Fontaine 1883
†Pecopteris sepulta Newberry 1882
†Pecopteris sulziana Brogniart 1828
†Pecopteris totangensis Colani 1920
G. †Polymorphopteris Wagner 1958
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†Polymorphopteris polymorpha Brongniart 1958
G. †Prepecopteris Grand'Eury 1877
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†Prepecopteris dentata Brongniart 1835
G. †Sturiella Weiss 1885
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†Sturiella intermedia Renault 1883
G. †Thainguyenopteris Srebrodolskaya 1969
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†Thainguyenopteris parvipinnulata Srebrodolskaya 1969
G. †Thinnfeldiella Prinada 1956
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†Thinnfeldiella reticulata Prinada 1956
G. †Ussuriopteris Prinada 1956
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†Ussuriopteris rossica Prinada 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 330.30000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (604 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Alethopteris lonchitica (13511)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (New Brunswick) Alethopteris lonchitica, Pecopteris miltoni, Pecopteris plumosa (12421)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Missouri) Pecopteris unita, Pecopteris lesquereuxii, Pecopteris dentata (12122)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (Nova Scotia) Alethopteris lonchitica, Pecopteris abbreviata (13094)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) Alethopteris decurrens (12985) Alethopteris parva, Alethopteris decurrens (12694) Pecopteris sp. (12983 12984)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4France Pecopteris esnostensis (10659)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Pennsylvania) Pecopteris indet. (28090)
Tournaisian - Serpukhovian358.86 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Pecopteris sp. (23914)
Carboniferous - Desmoinesian358.86 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Alethopteris davreuxi, Alethopteris decurrens, Alethopteris grandini, Alethopteris serlii, Alethopteris valida, Pecopteris clintoni, Pecopteris pseudovestita, Pecopteris dentata (11196)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9Spain (Pumardongo) Alethopteris grandinioides, Pecopteris serpentigera, Pecopteris unita, Pecopteris punctata (28380)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Tamil Nadu) Alethopteris whitbyensis (224646)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Alethopteris lobifolia, Alethopteris whitbyensis (224642)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) Pecopteris indet. (100655)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain Sturiella oblonga (65288 65289 65291)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Pecopteris Geyleriana (34837 34839 34841) Pecopteris Geyleriana, Pecopteris borealis (34865)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Pecopteris conybeari, Alethopteris sp., Pecopteris sp. (22645)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Pecopteris sp. (150274)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pecopteris buhsei (141997)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Pecopteris totangensis (224533)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Pecopteris sp. (46258)