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Gigantopteridales

Gigantopteridales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Gigantopteridales Li and Yang pp. 23-24
2008Gigantopteridales Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderGigantopteridales
orderGigantopteridales

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.

Or. †Gigantopteridales Li and Yang 1983
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G. †Bicoemplectopteridium Asama 1959
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G. †Bicoemplectopteris Asama 1959
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G. †Delnortea Mamay et al. 1986
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Delnortea abbottiae Mamay et al. 1986
Fm. †Emplectopteridaceae Wagner 1967
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G. †Gigantocladus Doweld 2012
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Gigantocladus xyloides Doweld 2012
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Invalid names: Acanthocladus xyloides Yang 2006 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthocladus Yang 2006 [replaced]
G. †Gigantogramme Doweld 2012
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Invalid names: Hallea dengfengensis Yang 2006 [replaced]
Invalid names: Hallea Yang 2006 [replaced]
G. †Gigantonoclea Koidzumi 1936
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Gigantonoclea guizhouensis Gu and Zhi 1974
Gigantonoclea hallei Gu and Zhi 1974
Gigantonoclea lagrelii Halle 1927
Fm. †Gigantopteridaceae Koidzumi 1936
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G. †Gigantopteris Geyler 1886
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Gigantopteris lagrelii Halle 1927
Invalid names: Megalopteris Schenk 1883 [replaced]
G. †Gothanopteris Koidzumi 1936
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Gothanopteris bosschana Koidzumi 1936
G. †Palaeogoniopteris Koidzumi 1936
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Palaeogoniopteris mengkarangensis Gothan and Jongmans 1935
G. †Tricoemplectopteris Asama 1959
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G. †Zeilleropteris Koidzumi 1936
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Zeilleropteris yunnanensis Koidzumi 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Diet: C3 autotropho
Created: 2023-03-25 00:25:36
Modified: 2023-03-25 00:25:36
Source: o = order
Reference: Li and Yang 1983

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Griesbachian or 358.90000 to 251.30000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Megalopteris ovata (13511)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Michigan) Megalopteris kellyi (10778 10889)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Megalopteris sp. (13357 13358)
Westphalian - Carboniferous318.1 - 298.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Megalopteris kellyi (12031)
Westphalian D - Stephanian A311.45 - 304.8USA (Ohio) Megalopteris sp. (11187)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Gigantopteris americana (11147 24626)
Permian298.9 - 252.17Turkey (Diyarbakir) Gigantopteris nicotianaefolia (27809)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Texas) Delnortea abbottiae (24512) Gigantopteris americana (23150 24622)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Michigan) Megalopteris Dawsoni, Megalopteris Kellyi (10887)
Sakmarian - Artinskian295.5 - 279.3Mexico (Hidalgo) Gigantopteris sp. (23179)
Sakmarian - Kungurian295.5 - 272.3USA (Texas) Delnortea abbotiae (11000) Gigantopteris americana (11152) Gigantopteris americana, Gigantonoclea sp. (11151) Gigantopteris sp. (11145) Zeilleropteris wattii (11148)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Gothanopteris sp. 1, Palaeogoniopteris sp. 1 (30182)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Zeilleropteris wattii (11149)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30247)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30267)
Artinskian - Ufimian290.1 - 272.5USA (Texas) Gigantopteris sp. (11144)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Gigantopteris americana (24624)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Russian Federation Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30412)
Ufimian - Kazanian279.5 - 268.0China (Qinghai) Gigantonoclea sp. (68580)
Ufimian - Changhsingian279.5 - 252.17Saudi Arabia (Qasim) Gigantonoclea sp. (11156)
Kungurian - Changhsingian279.3 - 252.17North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30250)
Kungurian - Changhsingian279.3 - 252.17South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30259)
Kungurian - Lopingian279.3 - 252.17North Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30248 30252)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1China (Anhui) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29786 29787)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29915)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1Malaysia Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30288)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1China (Henan) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29954)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1China (Shanxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29875)
Guadalupian272.3 - 259.9Papua New Guinea Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30361)
Guadalupian272.3 - 259.9Saudi Arabia Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30888)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29798)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29810)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Oman Gigantopteris sp., Gigantonoclea sp., Gigantonoclea lagrelii (35517)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Zhejiang) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29769)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29813) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29804)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9South Korea Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30268)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Nei Mongol) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29791)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Fujian) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (30088) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2 (30091)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Jiangsu) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29949)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29793)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Guangdong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29814) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29808 29812)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Henan) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29961)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17Malaysia Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (30289)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Shandong) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30057) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30082)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29788 29789)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Shaanxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29868) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29870)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Hebei) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29860) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29849) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29857)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Liaoning) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3 (29944)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17Japan (Fukushima) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Bicoemplectopteris sp. 1 (30211)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29917)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17Thailand Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3 (30943) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30944)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Anhui) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29797) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29794)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29955) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2 (29957)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangdong) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29825) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29833) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29824)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Yunnan) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29843)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Gigantonoclea longifolia (197495) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (30002)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3, Gigantonoclea sp. 4 (29513)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Zhejiang) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29775) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29777)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Turkey Bicoemplectopteris sp. 1 (30949)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Fujian) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3, Gigantopteris sp. 4, Gigantopteris sp. 5, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30098)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3 (29883 29895)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29898)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29942 29952) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantopteris sp. 2, Gigantopteris sp. 3, Gigantopteris sp. 4, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29973)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29815)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29910)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2 (29820)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Shuicheng) Gigantonoclea guizhouensis (197499)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Panxian) Gigantopteris dictyophylloides, Gigantonoclea guizhouensis, Gigantonoclea lagrelii (197500)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (29640) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29912)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17China (Jilin) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29826)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Gigantopteris sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 1 (30005)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangdong) Gigantopteris sp. 1 (29839 29848 29855)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Gigantonoclea sp. 1, Gigantonoclea sp. 2, Gigantonoclea sp. 3 (29792)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Gigantonoclea guizhouensis (206100) Gigantopteris dictyophylloides, Gigantonoclea meridionalis, Gigantonoclea lagrelii (206087)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3China (Guizhou) Gigantopteris sp. (205960)