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Cooksonia pertoni
Taxonomy
Cooksonia pertoni was named by Lang (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Perton Lane, England (Welsh Borderland), which is in a Pridoli terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Rushall Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Cooksonia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Cooksonia pertoni Lang p. 250 |
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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.
†Cooksonia pertoni Lang 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Lochkovian or 430.50000 to 410.80000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homerian | Ireland | Cooksonia pertoni (10594) | |
| Gorstian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia pertoni (10661) | |
| Gorstian - Pridoli | Bolivia (Tarija dept.) | Cooksonia pertoni (11158) | |
| Gorstian - Pridoli | Bolivia (Tarija Dept.) | Cooksonia pertoni (11172) | |
| Pridoli | United Kingdom (England) | Cooksonia pertoni (10593 type locality: 10706) | |
| Pridoli | United Kingdom (Wales) | Cooksonia pertoni (10666) | |
| Pridoli | Ukraine (Podolia) | Cooksonia pertoni (52702) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (England) | Cooksonia pertoni (10679 11112) |