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Microphyllopteris

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae

Taxonomy
Microphyllopteris was named by Arber (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Microphyllopteris pectinata.

It was assigned to Gleicheniaceae by McLoughlin et al. (1995).

Species
M. pectinata (type species), M. unisora
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Microphyllopteris Arber
1995Microphyllopteris McLoughlin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyGleicheniaceaePresl
genusMicrophyllopterisArber 1917

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.

G. †Microphyllopteris Arber 1917
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Microphyllopteris unisora Cantrill and Nagalingum 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 252.17000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. 1 (29451)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5New Zealand M. sp. 1 (30354 30356)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0New Zealand M. sp. 1 (30352)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1New Zealand M. sp. 1 (30351)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) M. sp. (224760)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Antarctica M. unisora (150511)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Australia (Queensland) M. gleichenoides (21114)