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Jungermanniopsida

Jungermanniopsida

Taxonomy
Jungermanniopsida is a class. It is extant.

It was assigned to Marchantiophytina by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Marchantiophyta by Bouju et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Jungermaniidae, Porellales
Sister taxa
Porellales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Jungermanniopsida Taylor et al. p. 1028
2022Jungermanniopsida Bouju et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
subphylumMarchantiophytina
RankNameAuthor
classJungermanniopsida
classJungermanniopsida

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.

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G. Fuscocephaloziopsis Fulford 1968
G. †Cheirorhiza Krasilov 1970
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†Cheirorhiza brittae Krasilov 1970
G. †Chrysotheca Miner 1935
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†Chrysotheca diskoensis Miner 1935
G. †Diettertia Brown and Robison 1974
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†Diettertia montanensis Brown and Robison 1974
G. †Laticaulina Krasilov 1970
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†Laticaulina papillosa Krasilov 1970
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G. Plagiochila Dumortier 1831
Or. Porellales Schljakov 1972
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Fm. Frullaniaceae Ordway 1881
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G. Frullania Raddi 1818
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†Frullania palaeoafricana Bouju et al. 2022
†Frullania shewanensis Bouju et al. 2022
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G. Cololejeunea Spruce 1884
G. Lejeunea Libert 1820
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†Lejeunea abyssinicoides Bouju et al. 2022
G. Leptolejeunea Spruce 1884
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G. Spruceanthus Verdoorn 1934
G. Thysananthus Lindenberg 1844
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†Thysananthus aethiopicus Bouju et al. 2022
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G. Radula Dumortier 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Langhian or 166.10000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation Cheirorhiza sp. 1, Laticaulina sp. 1 (30671)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Netherlands (South Limburg) Chrysotheca striata (31831) Chrysotheca tenuis, Chrysotheca quadriplicata, Chrysotheca striata (31832) Chrysotheca tenuis, Chrysotheca quadriplicata, Chrysotheca striata, Chrysotheca dentata (31829)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland Chrysotheca diskoensis (32492)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Netherlands Chrysotheca subreticulata (32718)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Montana) Diettertia montanensis (21126 21130 21136 21139 21140 21151 21153 21154 21155 21156)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) Chrysotheca dakotaensis (32479) Chrysotheca levis, Chrysotheca dakotaensis, Chrysotheca diskoensis (32524)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Frullania sp. (24201)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Jungermanniales indet. (169007)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Thysananthus aethiopicus (227286) Thysananthus aethiopicus, Lejeunea abyssinicoides, Frullania shewanensis, Frullania palaeoafricana (224753)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Cololejeunea sp., Leptolejeunea sp., Spruceanthus sp., Radula sp., Plagiochila sp., Fuscocephaloziopsis sp. (220273)