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Lycopsida
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (4.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Isoetales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 318 | 252 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lycopodiales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 100 | 279 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Selaginellales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Isoetaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 69 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lycopodiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 577 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Selaginellaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 702 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Foveotriletes β genus | listed (PBDB) | 83 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Kraeuselisporites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 119 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Leptolepidites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 122 | 252 Ma Permian | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Lycospora β genus | listed (PBDB) | 377 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Planisporites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Reticulisporites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Styxisporites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Uvaesporites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 45 | 259 Ma Permian | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Zebrasporites β genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1977 | Lycopsida Hickey |
| 1985 | Lycopsida Lapasha and Miller |
| 1993 | Lycopsida McIver and Basinger |
| 1997 | Lycopsida Kenrick and Crane |
| 2000 | Lycopsida Mabberley |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
