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Cooksoniaceae

Rhyniopsida - Cooksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Cooksoniaceae is a family.

It was assigned to Rhyniophyta by Gensel (1976).

Subtaxa
Renalia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Cooksoniaceae Gensel p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
RankNameAuthor
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
classRhyniopsidaKryshtofovich 1925
familyCooksoniaceae
familyCooksoniaceae

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. †Renalia Gensel 1976
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†Renalia hueberi Gensel 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 425.00000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62United Kingdom (Wales) Renalia sp. (10635)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Canada (Quebec) Renalia hueberi (203163)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Wyoming) Renalia dorfii (26176)