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Musci

Musci

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Musci Knowlton
1926Musci Knowlton
1985Rhizomuscites Yawale and Sakundarwar
1993Musci McIver and Basinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
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classMusci
classMusci

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.

Cl. †Musci
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G. Rhynchostegium Bruch and Schimper 1852
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†Rhynchostegium knowltoni Britton 1899
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G. Bryum Hedwig 1801
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G. Distichium Bruch and Schimper 1846
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Distichium capillaceum Bruch and Schimper 1846
G. Leucobryum Hampe 1839
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G. Fontinalis Hedwig 1801
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G. †Plagiopodopsis Britton and Hollick 1915
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†Plagiopodopsis scudderi Britton and Hollick 1915
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G. Hypnum Hedwig 1801
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†Hypnum brownii Kirchner 1898
†Hypnum coloradense Brown 1962
†Hypnum columbianum Penhallow 1890
Hypnum commutatum Hedwig 1801
Hypnum fluitans Hedwig 1801
Hypnum recurvans Schwegler 1896
Hypnum revalvens Swartz 1878
†Hypnum richardsoni Holzinger 1903
G. †Intia Neuberg 1956
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†Intia vermicularis Neuberg 1956
Fm. †Mniaceae
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G. †Archaeomnium Britton 1926
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†Archaeomnium patens Britton 1926
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G. †Polytrichites Britton 1926
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†Polytrichites spokanensis Britton 1926
G. Polytrichum Hedwig 1801
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†Polytrichum florissanti Knowlton 1916
Invalid names: Rhizomuscites Yawale and Sakundarwar 1985 [nomen nudum]
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 Kungurian to the top of the Miocene or 279.30000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation M. sp. (197912)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Intia sp. 1 (30800 30845 30856) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2 (30851 30852 30858) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2, Intia sp. 3 (30848 30849 30853) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2, Intia sp. 3, Intia sp. 4 (30855) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2, Intia sp. 3, Intia sp. 4, Intia sp. 5 (30846 30847)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Russian Federation Intia sp. 1 (30801)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation Intia sp. 1 (30863 30864 30872) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2 (30873) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2, Intia sp. 3, Intia sp. 4 (30862)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Russian Federation Intia sp. 1 (30877 30880 30883 30884) Intia sp. 1, Intia sp. 2 (30879)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Hypnum coloradense (52870)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Rhizomuscites deccani (224606)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Hypnum columbianum (121480)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Archaeomnium brownii (24209)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Archaeomnium patens (224391) Polytrichites spokanensis (224390)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Leucobryum sp. (220273)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Bryum sp. (18320)