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Pityophyllum

Gnetopsida

Taxonomy
Pityophyllum was named by Nathorst (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Abietineae by Knowlton (1919); to Coniferophyta by Andrews (1970); to Coniferales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Gnetopsida by Dietl and Schweigert (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Pityophyllum Nathorst
1919Pityophyllum Knowlton
1970Pityophyllum Andrews
1976Pityophyllum Lakhanpal et al.
2011Pityophyllum Dietl and Schweigert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumGnetophytaBessey 1907
classGnetopsidaKirpotenko 1884
genusPityophyllumNathorst 1899

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. †Pityophyllum Nathorst 1899
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Pityophyllum staratschini Nathorst 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Middle Albian or 247.20000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (405 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Liaoning) P. sp. 1 (29984)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0China (Gansu) P. sp. 1 (29705)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Mongolia P. sp. 1 (30302)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Japan (Yamaguchi) P. sp. 1 (30210)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) P. sp. 1 (30209)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation P. sp. 1 (30416 30818)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Russian Federation P. sp. 1 (30511)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5China (Xinjiang) P. sp. 1 (30016)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Russian Federation P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (30422)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3Mongolia P. sp. 1 (30299 30301)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Buryat) P. nordenskioldii (58196)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. lindstromii, P. strartschinii (212949 212979) P. staratschinii (212809)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Kazakhstan P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (30223)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) P. staratchinii, P. nordenskioldii (217431)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (British Columbia) P. nordenskioldi (24854) P. sp. (24887)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) P. sp. (36972)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) P. nordenskioldii (34371) P. sp. (33321 33501 33504 34369) P. staratschinii (34195)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation P. nordenskioldii (34627 34804) P. staratchinii (34792 34793 34798 34799 34803) P. staratchinii, P. nordenskioldii (34771 34775 34800) P. staratschinii (34628)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9USA (Alaska) P. nordenskioldii (33499 34194 34296) P. nordenskioldii, P. staratschinii (33498 33500 34193 34380) P. sp. (34294 34297 34354 34367 34379 34390 34619) P. staratschinii (34386)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (136788) P. sp., P. nordenskioldi (136786)