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Lepidodendraceae

Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Lepidodendraceae Jennings p. 150
2005Lepidodendraceae Dilcher et al. p. 155
2006Lepidodendraceae Gordenko et al. p. 217

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumLycophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderLepidodendrales
familyLepidodendraceae
familyLepidodendraceae

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.

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G. †Aspidiopsis Potonie 1893
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†Aspidiopsis coniferoides Potonie 1893
G. †Bergeria Presl 1838
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†Bergeria acuta Presl 1838
G. †Lepidodendron Sternberg 1820
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†Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
†Lepidodendron batovii Chachlov 1948
†Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820
Invalid names: Aspidiaria Presl 1838 [synonym], Sagenaria Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
G. †Lepidophloios Sternberg 1825
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†Lepidophloios laricinus Sternberg 1820
Invalid names: Lepidofloyos Sternberg 1825 [replaced]
G. †Lepidophylloides Snigirevskaya 1958
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†Lepidophylloides intermedium Lindley and Hutton 1831
G. †Lepidostrobophyllum Hirmer 1927
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†Lepidostrobophyllum maius Brongniart 1927
G. †Lychnophorites Martius 1822
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†Lychnophorites dichotomus Sternberg 1820
G. †Phillipsia Presl 1838
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†Phillipsia harcourtii Witham 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Norian or 387.70000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (258 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7Norway (Svalbard) Bergeria mimerensis (21137 22854 22857)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Lepidodendron sp. (21167)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Lepidodendron chemungense (20902)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Indiana) Lepidodendron baylense (21033)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Kentucky) Lepidodendron baylense, Lepidodendron noralbaniense (20976) Lepidodendron boylensis (21168) Lepidodendron sp. (21032)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidodendron solenofolium, Lepidophloios kilpatrickensis (10644)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidodendron calamopsoides (10657 21324)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Lepidodendron calamopsoides (21312)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Virginia) Lepidophylloides sp. (21202)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Germany (Thuringia) Lepidodendron saalfeldense (21366)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangdong) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29824)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29895)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29957)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (30002)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Anhui) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29797)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29898)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (29952)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Lepidodendron sp. 1, Lepidodendron sp. 2, Lepidodendron sp. 3 (29820)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Bergeria sp. 1 (30000) Lepidodendron sp. 1 (30005)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Lepidodendron sp. (55493)