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Lepidodendron
Taxonomy
Lepidodendron was named by Sternberg (1820). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Lycopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991); to Lepidodendrales by Tidwell et al. (1992); and to Lepidodendraceae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Lycopsida by Chandra and Tewari (1991); to Lepidodendrales by Tidwell et al. (1992); and to Lepidodendraceae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1820 | Lepidodendron Sternberg |
| 1822 | Sagenaria Brongniart |
| 1838 | Aspidiaria Presl |
| 1991 | Lepidodendron Chandra and Tewari |
| 1992 | Lepidodendron Tidwell et al. p. 1014 |
| 2005 | Lepidodendron Dilcher et al. p. 155 |
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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.
G. †Lepidodendron Sternberg 1820
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†Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternberg 1820
†Lepidodendron batovii Chachlov 1948
†Lepidodendron gundensis Pal 1978
†Lepidodendron obovatum Sternberg 1820
Invalid names: Aspidiaria Presl 1838 [synonym], Sagenaria Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (210 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givetian | USA (New York) | L. sp. (21167) | |
| Frasnian | USA (New York) | L. chemungense (20902) | |
| Famennian | USA (Kentucky) | L. baylense, L. noralbaniense (20976) L. boylensis (21168) L. sp. (21032) | |
| Famennian | USA (Indiana) | L. baylense (21033) | |
| Hastarian - Ivorian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | L. solenofolium (10644) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | L. calamopsoides (21312) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | L. calamopsoides (10657 21324) | |
| Tournaisian | Germany (Thuringia) | L. saalfeldense (21366) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | L. calamopsoides (10652 10656) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | United Kingdom (Wales) | L. sp. (34465) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Xizang) | L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (29513) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | L. sp. 1 (30002) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangdong) | L. sp. 1 (29824) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Yunnan) | L. sp. 1 (29843) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Hunan) | L. sp. 1 (29895) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Sichuan) | L. sp. 1 (29898) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Jiangxi) | L. sp. 1 (29952) | |
| Lopingian | China (Yunnan) | L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2, L. sp. 3 (29820) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | L. sp. 1 (30005) | |
| Norian | USA (North Carolina) | L. sp. (55493) | |