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Ctenopteris

Taxonomy
Ctenopteris was named by Saporta (1872). It is not extant. Its type is Ctenopteris cycadea.

It was assigned to Cycadaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Plantae by Dobruskina (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ctenopteris Saporta
1919Ctenopteris Knowlton
1970Ctenopteris Andrews
1995Ctenopteris Dobruskina

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
genusCtenopterisSaporta 1872

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. †Ctenopteris Saporta 1872
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Ctenopteris angustifolia Fontaine 1889
Ctenopteris columbiensis Penhallow 1902
Ctenopteris cycadea Brongniart 1872
Ctenopteris insignis Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Ctenopteris minor Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Ctenopteris virginiensis Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
Ctenopteris longifolia Fontaine 1889
Ctenopteris punctata Sixtel 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Albian or 279.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Changhsingian279.3 - 252.17North Korea C. sp. 1 (30250)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30471 30490)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan C. sp. 1 (30273)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Sichuan) C. sp. 1 (30030)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Jiangxi) C. sp. 1 (29536 29689)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Pas-de-Calais) C. sarranii, C. cycadea (24663)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3France C. saranii, C. cycadea (24559)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Turkmenistan C. sp. 1 (30950)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France C. girardoti (24494 24496)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Albian161.5 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) C. insignis (24850)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France C. changarnieri (24514)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (31384)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian112.03 - 113.0Ecuador (El Oro) C. angustifolia (32482)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian112.03 - 113.0Ecuador (Loja) C. angustifolia (32488)