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Gleichenites

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae

Taxonomy
Gleichenites was named by Göppert (1836). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Filicales by Goeppert (1836); and to Gleicheniaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Moisan et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Gleichenites Goeppert
1836Gleichenites Göppert
1976Gleichenites Lakhanpal et al.
1991Gleichenites Chandra and Tewari
1996Gleichenites Liu et al.
2010Gleichenites Moisan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyGleicheniaceaePresl
genusGleichenitesGöppert 1836

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. †Gleichenites Göppert 1836
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†Gleichenites gallegoii Herbst 1996
†Gleichenites gracilis Heer 1868
†Gleichenites indicus Thiergart and Frantz 1962
†Gleichenites juliensis Herbst 1962
†Gleichenites porsildi Seward 1926
†Gleichenites quilacoyensis Leppe and Moisan 2006
†Gleichenites sanmartini Herbst 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Paleocene or 290.10000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Telangana) G. indicus (224611)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Chile (Chañaral) G. cachivaritensis (224049)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Liaoning) G. sp. 1 (29984)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Sud-Deutsche Senke) G. gracilis (24808)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile G. quilacoyensis (207683) G. sp. (201288)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia) G. distans (24110)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Chile (Copiapó) G. cachivaritensis (224021)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Xizang) G. sp. 1 (30062 30063)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) G. sp. 1 (29862)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Guizhou) G. sp. 1 (30012)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Sichuan) G. sp. 1 (30042 30076)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Sichuan) G. sp. 1 (30028 30052)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Hubei) G. sp. 1 (29863)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3China (Hunan) G. sp. 1 (29637)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Greenland G. nitida (23955 23956 23959 23961)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0India (Rajasthan) G. sp. (229180)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. micromerus (35171)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Argentina G. san-martini (35172)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Argentina (Neuquen) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (29379)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Italy G. elegans (24564)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Japan G. sp. 1 (30203)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Israel G. sp. 1 (30196)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina (Chubut) G. sp. 1 (29373 29387)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Japan (Yamaguchi) G. sp. 1 (30208)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0Chile (Tarapaca) G. sp. 1 (29505)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0India G. sp. 1 (30127)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Tajikistan G. sp. 1 (30916)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30709 30725) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (30574)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30571)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Turkmenistan G. sp. 1 (30950)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Ukraine G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (30961)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ukraine G. sp. 1 (30960)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. sp. 1 (29385)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30431)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Rajasthan) G. sp. 1 (30130)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Madagascar G. sp. 1 (30276)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) G. sp. (224686 225504)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Japan (Fukushima) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2, G. sp. 3 (30206)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Zhejiang) G. sp. 1 (29736 30072)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) G. sp. 1 (29541 29691) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2, G. sp. 3 (29616 29991 29993)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Japan G. sp. 1 (30200)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Jiangsu) G. sp. 1 (29799)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Japan (Miyagi) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (30198)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Jilin) G. sp. 1 (29607 29608 29674 29744)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Colombia G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (30100)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Kazakhstan G. sp. 1 (30231)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Guangdong) G. sp. 1 (29551)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Madhya Pradesh) G. sp. (229213)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Tithonian161.2 - 145.0Argentina (Chubut) G. sp. (51938)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (Scotland) G. boodlei (31209) G. cycadina (24391 31060 31206 31207 31208 31210 31211) G. cycadina, G. boodlei (24393)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Japan G. sp. 1 (30204)
Tithonian - Hauterivian152.1 - 129.4Antarctica G. sp. 1 (29348)
Neocomian - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Canada (British Columbia) G. nordenskioldi (24884)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) G. sp. (224770 224771)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) G. sp. (153393)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Ishikawa) G. ishikawaensis, G. nipponensis, G. sp. (32324)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) G. sp. (22645)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Kazakhstan G. sp. 1 (30223)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (British Columbia) G. giesekianus, G. nordenskioldi (24887) G. giesekianus, G. porsildi (24860) G. nordenskioldi (24854)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. sanmartini (151296) G. sp. (151295)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) G. sp. (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) G. giesekianus (24895) G. giesekianus, G. nordenskioldi (24892)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Argentina (Chubut) G. sanmartini, G. juliensis (150880)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation G. asiatica (34774 34796 34801) G. asiatica, G. zippeii (34778) G. pseudocrenata, G. asiatica (34790) G. pseudocrenata, G. asiatica, G. zippeii (34788)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. sanmartini (150633 150638)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) G. gracilis (153400)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) G. sepulta (27316 27358)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) G. gracilis (223817)