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Calamites
Calamites was first used by Suckow (in Acad. Elect. Theod. Palatinae 5: 355. 1784), however, this work pre-dates the starting point for the publication of names of plant fossil taxa (Art. 13.1 of the Vienna Code; McNeill & al. in Regnum Veg. 146. 2006). furthermore, it was not described as a genus, or any other taxonomic rank. However, since it was employed (in practice) as a genus; instead of unranked, it has been assigned to genus level.
It was assigned to Calamitales by Tidwell et al. (1992); and to Calamitaceae by Jennings (1980), Dilcher et al. (2005), Chatterjee et al. (2013).
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1784 | Calamites Suckow |
| 1980 | Calamites Jennings p. 154 |
| 1992 | Calamites Tidwell et al. p. 1018 |
| 2005 | Calamites Dilcher et al. p. 159 |
| 2013 | Calamites Chatterjee et al. |
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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.