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Ephedripites
Taxonomy
Ephedripites was named by Bolkhovitina and Potonié (1958) [Type species. Ephedripites mediolobatus Bolkhovitina 1953.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Ephedraceae by Ruiz and Quattrocchio (1997) and Huang et al. (2023); and to Ephedrales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Ephedraceae by Ruiz and Quattrocchio (1997) and Huang et al. (2023); and to Ephedrales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
Species
E. (Distachyapites), E. ambiguus, E. barghoornii, E. caichiguensis, E. costaliferous, E. dentatus, E. dudarensis, E. ellipticus, E. fissuratus, E. irregularis, E. jansonii, E. macistriatus, E. montanaensis, E. multicostatus, E. notensis, E. ovalis, E. patapscoensis, E. pentacostatus, E. regularis, E. strigatus, E. translucidus, E. vanegensis, E. virginiaensis, E. zaklinskaiae
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Ephedripites Bolkhovitina and Potonié |
| 1997 | Ephedripites Ruiz and Quattrocchio |
| 2023 | Ephedripites Huang et al. |
| 2023 | Ephedripites Perez Loinaze 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.
G. †Ephedripites Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
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Subg. †Ephedripites (Distachyapites) Krutzsch 1961
†Ephedripites ambiguus Hedlund 1966
†Ephedripites barghoornii Morgan 1978
†Ephedripites caichiguensis Narváez and Sabino 2008
†Ephedripites costaliferous Brenner 1968
†Ephedripites dentatus Kar 1968
†Ephedripites dudarensis Deak 1962
†Ephedripites ellipticus Kar 1968
†Ephedripites fissuratus Phillips 1971
†Ephedripites irregularis Herngreen 1973
†Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
†Ephedripites macistriatus Dolby 1976
†Ephedripites montanaensis Brenner 1968
†Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963
†Ephedripites notensis Cookson 1957
†Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968
†Ephedripites patapscoensis Brenner 1963
†Ephedripites pentacostatus Brenner 1968
†Ephedripites regularis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
†Ephedripites strigatus Brenner 1968
†Ephedripites translucidus Deák and Combaz 1967
†Ephedripites vanegensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
†Ephedripites virginiaensis Brenner 1963
†Ephedripites zaklinskaiae Azéma and Boltenhagen 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (407 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autunian - Permian | Israel | E. spp. (31516) | |
| Permian | Italy | E. sp. (32197 32205) | |
| Permian | India (Jharkhand) | E. dentatus, E. ellipticus (224608) | |
| Permian | USA (Oklahoma) | E. sp. (31422) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India (Jharkhand) | E. ellipticus (224664) E. sp. (224662) | |
| Kazanian - Zechstein | Norway | E. spp. (31386) | |
| Wordian | USA (Oklahoma) | E. corrugatus (23699) | |
| Lopingian | India (Maharashtra) | E. sp. (224610) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Italy (Trentino) | E. primus (23247 23331 23416) | |
| Changhsingian | Italy (Trentino) | E. primus (23568) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | E. notensis (166741) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Antarctica | E. sp. (169266) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | E. sp. (151796 151827 151829) E. vanegensis (151765) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Oligocene | Antarctica (King George Island) | E. sp. (167920) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | E. eocenipites (24201) | |
| Middle Eocene | Colombia (Norte de Santander) | E. sp. (136918) E. sp., E. vanegensis (136828) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | E. sp. (49882) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Myanmar (Sagaing) | E. sp. (227647 227784) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene | Argentina | E. claricristatus, E. lusaticus (169468) | |
| Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | E. hungaricus (231824) | |