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Medullosaceae

Medullosaceae

Discussion

Originally published with improper, correctable termiantion as "Medullosae".

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Taxonomy
Medullosaceae was named by Göppert (1864) [Kenrick and Crane 1997 rank this as a plesion.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Jennings (1980); and to Spermatophytata by Kenrick and Crane (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Medullosaceae Göppert p. 208
1980Medullosaceae Jennings p. 155
1997Medullosaceae Kenrick and Crane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
subphylumEuphyllophytina
Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
Lignophytia
Spermatophytata
familyMedullosaceae
familyMedullosaceae

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.

Fm. †Medullosaceae Göppert 1864
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G. †Colpoxylon Brongniart 1849
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Colpoxylon aeduense Brongniart 1849
G. †Mariopteris Zeiller 1879
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Mariopteris nervosa Brongniart 1879
G. †Myelopithys Corda 1845
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Myelopithys medullosa Corda 1845
G. †Myelopteris Renault 1874
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Myelopteris radiata Renault 1874
G. †Neuropteris Brongniart 1828
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Neuropteris acutifolia Grewingk 1849
Neuropteris castor Dawson 1882
G. †Porosus Cotta 1832
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Porosus communis Cotta 1832
G. †Pseudomariopteris Danze-Corsin 1953
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G. †Stenzelia Goeppert 1864
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Stenzelia elegans Cotta 1864
G. †Sutcliffia Scott 1906
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Sutcliffia insignis Scott 1906
G. †Weissites Goeppert 1836
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Weissites vescicularis Goeppert 1836
Subfm. †Whittleseyinae
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G. †Dolerotheca Halle 1933
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Dolerotheca fertilis Renault 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available