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Calamostachys

Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae

Taxonomy
Calamostachys was named by Schimper (1869). It is not extant. Its type is Calamostachys typica.

It was assigned to Calamitaceae by Dilcher et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Calamostachys Schimper
2005Calamostachys Dilcher et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassEquisetidaeWarm 1883
RankNameAuthor
orderEquisetalesDumortier 1829
familyCalamitaceae
genusCalamostachysSchimper 1869

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. †Calamostachys Schimper 1869
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†Calamostachys typica Schimper 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Namurian to the top of the Norian or 330.90000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) C. sp. (12694)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) C. binneyana (13593)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (New Brunswick) C. sp. (12421)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Utah) C. sp. (11209)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Illinois) C. andanensis (13511)
Carboniferous - Desmoinesian358.9 - 306.0USA (Missouri) C. paniculata, C. tuberculata (11196)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Illinois) C. americana (13595)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Indiana) C. sp., C. paniculata, C. superba, C. tuberculata (11197)
Namurian330.9 - 318.7Germany C. binneyana, C. bosselensis (37357)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Ohio) C. tuberculata, C. germanica, C. bisporangiata, C. minuta, C. recurvata, C. longibracteata, C. interculata (10756)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA C. germanica, C. tuberculata, C. magna, C. noei (13272)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) C. binneyana (13892 13967)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Illinois) C. americana (13818) C. inversibractis (13963) C. sp. (13357 13358)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Netherlands C. binneyana (37497)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Germany C. binneyana, C. ludwigii (37501)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium C. binneyana, C. casheana, C. ludwigii (37495)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) C. binneyana (37359) C. binneyana, C. casheana (37369 37376 37382)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6Germany C. binneyana (37506)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5USA (Alabama) C. sp. (81525)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Indiana) C. sp. (11198)
Moscovian - Rotliegendes315.2 - 259.51Germany (Bavaria) C. dumasii (20941 20947)
Westphalian D - Khamovnikian309.8 - 304.8Germany (Saarland) C. tuberculata (32504)
Westphalian D - Stephanian A309.8 - 301.5USA (Ohio) C. sp. (11187)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) C. ludwigii, C. pedunculata (11323)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany C. dumasii (25394 25396)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) C. dumasii, C. tuberculata (232614)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Morocco C. sp. 1 (30341)
Autunian - Kungurian298.9 - 272.3Spain C. tuberculata, C. sp. (25892)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman C. dumasii (35517)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) C. australis (111777)