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Asterophyllites
Taxonomy
Asterophyllites was named by Brongniart (1828). Its type is Asterophyllites radiatus.
It was assigned to Calamitales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Calamitaceae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Calamitales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Calamitaceae 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 | Casuarinites Schlotheim |
| 1822 | Schlotheimia Sternberg |
| 1828 | Asterophyllites Brongniart p. 159 |
| 1976 | Asterophyllites Lakhanpal et al. |
| 2005 | Asterophyllites Dilcher et al. p. 159 |
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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. †Asterophyllites Brongniart 1828
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†Asterophyllites charaeformis Goeppert 1844
†Asterophyllites radiatus Brongniart 1822
Invalid names: Schlotheimia Sternberg 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 358.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (109 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippian | USA (Illinois) | A. longifolius, A. equisetiformis (13511) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | A. acicularis, A. parvulus, A. sp. (12421) | |
| Mississippian | USA (West Virginia) | A. longifolius, A. equisetiformis, A. charaeformis (12694) | |
| Mississippian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | A. sp. (224624) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Utah) | A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius, A. charaeformis (11209) | |
| Carboniferous - Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | A. equisetiformis (11196) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Alabama) | A. grandis (28982 28984 28987 28988) A. grandis, A. longifolius (28985 28990 28991 28992 31028 31029 31030 31031 31032 31033 31034 31035) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (West Virginia) | A. equisetiformis (12672) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Kentucky) | A. longifolius, A. charaeformis (11203) | |
| Carboniferous | Turkey | A. palaeaceus (27825) A. sp. (28300) | |
| Carboniferous | Canada (Nova Scotia) | A. equisetiformis (13146) A. foliosa, A. grandis, A. trinervis (13145) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Georgia) | A. grandis, A. equisetiformis, A. charaeformis (12697 12700) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Indiana) | A. equisetiformis (11197) | |
| Carboniferous | Canada (New Brunswick) | A. grandis (12721 12723) A. grandis, A. longifolius (12426) A. longifolius (12696) | |
| Carboniferous - Permian | USA (West Virginia) | A. longifolius, A. equisetiformis (13191) | |
| Carboniferous - Permian | USA (Arizona) | A. grandis, A. equisetiformis (10750) | |
| Bashkirian - Gzhelian | USA (Colorado) | A. longifolius (11206) | |
| Bashkirian - Gzhelian | USA (Kansas) | A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius (11175) A. longifolius (24649) | |
| Bashkirian - Gzhelian | USA (Kentucky) | A. longifolius (33318 33320) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Kansas) | A. equisetiformis (24643) A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius (24638) | |
| Pennsylvanian | Portugal (Douro) | A. sp., A. equisetiformis (28419) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Illinois) | A. multifolia (13963) A. sp. (11190 13357 13358) | |
| Pennsylvanian | Portugal (Santo Tirso) | A. sp. (27720) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp. (11194) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Kentucky) | A. longifolius (33316) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA | A. equisetiformis (13272) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Colorado) | A. charaeformis (11207) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Iowa) | A. multifolia (13999) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Michigan) | A. equisetiformis, A. sp., A. vernensis (10889) A. longifolius, A. equisetiformis (10885) | |
| Westphalian A | Canada (New Brunswick) | A. acicularis, A. latifolia, A. longifolia, A. parvula (122728) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Alabama) | A. charaeformis (81525) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Illinois) | A. sp. (11189) | |
| Westphalian - Carboniferous | Canada (Nova Scotia) | A. charaeformis (12033) A. longifolius (12031) | |
| Atokan | USA (Indiana) | A. grandis (11198) | |
| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Germany (Lower Saxony) | A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius (122514) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Indiana) | A. equisetiformis (10730) | |
| Westphalian D - Moscovian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. sp. (21275) | |
| Westphalian D - Khamovnikian | Germany (Saarland) | A. equisetiformis (32504) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (225376) | |
| Gzhelian | Spain | A. sp. (228606) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp., A. equisetiformis (11323) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp. (11166) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | Morocco | A. sp. 1 (30344) | |
| Stephanian B - Gzhelian | Spain (Pirineo Catalan) | A. equisetiformis (25389) | |
| Stephanian C | Portugal | A. equisetiformis (25373) | |
| Stephanian C | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. sp. (216748) | |
| Asselian | China (Ningxia) | A. sp. 1 (29965) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Venezuela | A. sp. 1 (30980) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Czech Republic | A. sp. (51265) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Arizona) | A. grandis, A. equisetiformis (23165) | |
| Autunian | Germany (Thuringia) | A. dumasii (25229 25237) A. dumasii, A. equisetiformis (25228 25230 25232 25234) A. dumasii, A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius (25208 25209 25231 25235) A. dumasii, A. longifolius (25236 25238) A. equisetiformis (25227 25233) | |
| Autunian | France | A. dumasi (25089) A. equisetiformis (25181 25186 25189) | |
| Autunian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. equisetiformis (25381) | |
| Autunian | Czech Republic (Bohemia) | A. equisetiformis (25206) | |
| Autunian | Italy (Tuscany) | A. equisetiformis (25205) | |
| Autunian | Portugal | A. equisetiformis (25207) | |
| Autunian - Kungurian | Spain | A. equisetiformis, A. longifolius (25892) | |
| Kungurian - Lopingian | North Korea | A. sp. 1 (30248 30252) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | China (Hebei) | A. sp. 1 (29840) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Nei Mongol) | A. sp. 1 (29791) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Fujian) | A. sp. 1 (30088) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (206087) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Casuarinites cainozoicus (167544) |