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Blechnaceae
Taxonomy
Blechnaceae was named by Copeland.
It was assigned to Filicopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993) and Mabberley (2000); to Polypodiales by Jud (2011); to Aspleniineae by I (2016); and to Polypodiopsida by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Filicopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993) and Mabberley (2000); to Polypodiales by Jud (2011); to Aspleniineae by I (2016); and to Polypodiopsida by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Blechnaceae McIver and Basinger |
| 2000 | Blechnaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Blechnaceae Jud |
| 2016 | Blechnaceae I |
| 2023 | Blechnaceae Perez Loinaze et al. |
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Fm. †Blechnaceae Copeland
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Subfm. Blechnoideae Gasper et al. 2016
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G. Blechnum Linnaeus 1753
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†Blechnum anceps Brown 1962
†Blechnum goepperti Ettingshausen 1865
†Blechnum turbioense Frenguelli 1941
G. †Leptolepidites Couper 1953
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†Leptolepidites crassibalteus Filatoff 1975
†Leptolepidites densus Archangelsky 1972
†Leptolepidites equatibosus Tralau 1968
†Leptolepidites irregularis Wingate 1980
†Leptolepidites macroverrucatus Schulz 1967
†Leptolepidites macroverrucosus Schultz 1967
†Leptolepidites major Couper 1953
†Leptolepidites psarosus Norris 1969
†Leptolepidites rimatus Tripathi et al. 1990
†Leptolepidites tumulosus Srivastava 1975
†Leptolepidites verrucatus Couper 1953
G. †Peromonolites Couper 1953
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†Peromonolites allenensis Brenner 1963
†Peromonolites reticulatus Brenner 1963
†Peromonolites vellosus Partridge 1973
Subfm. Woodwardioideae Gasper et al. 2016
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G. Woodwardia Smith 1793
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†Woodwardia arctica Brown 1962
†Woodwardia columbiana Knowlton 1910
†Woodwardia crenata Knowlton 1900
†Woodwardia florissantia Cockerell 1908
†Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977
†Woodwardia latiloba Lesquereux 1873
†Woodwardia maxonii Knowlton 1910
†Woodwardia preareolata Knowlton 1899
†Woodwardia venosa Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
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 Griesbachian to the top of the Holocene or 251.90200 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma
Collections (350 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Griesbachian | Norway | Leptolepidites jonkeri (31354 31360 31361 31393 31394 31400 31405 31406) Leptolepidites spp. (31397) | |
| Rhaetian | Netherlands | Peromonolites sp. (137658) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Peromonolites sp. (151448) | |
| Toarcian | Serbia and Montenegro (Montenegro) | Leptolepidites macroverrucosus, Leptolepidites crassibalteus (24568) | |
| Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Leptolepidites sp. (139303) | |
| Bathonian | Morocco (Figuig) | Leptolepidites sp. (176120) | |
| Middle Bathonian | France | Leptolepidites macroverrucosus, Leptolepidites equatibosus (31319) Leptolepidites major (31317) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Gujarat) | Leptolepidites sp. (224625) | |
| Tithonian - Berriasian | Russian Federation | Blechnum sp. 1 (30677) | |
| Neocomian | Egypt (Sinai) | Leptolepidites major (140636) | |
| Neocomian - Barremian | Sudan (South Kurdufan) | Leptolepidites psarosus (172849 172852 172866) Leptolepidites sp. (172847 172851 172864) Leptolepidites sp., Leptolepidites psarosus (172845 172859) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Argentina (San Luis) | Leptolepidites major (151090) | |
| Hauterivian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Leptolepidites sp. (139322 139324) | |
| Hauterivian | Portugal | Leptolepidites verrucatus (73496) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepidites verrucatus (45193) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Leptolepidites irregularis, Leptolepidites macroverrucosus (149818) | |
| Barremian | Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) | Leptolepidites sp. (139493 139496 139498 139499 139501) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Nei Mongol) | Leptolepidites sp. (46976) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Sudan (South Kurdufan) | Leptolepidites sp. (172840) | |
| Aptian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Leptolepidites spp. (142199) Leptolepidites spp., Leptolepidites psarosus (142198 142200) | |