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Pteridophyta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)54828https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54828
Rankphylum (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
subkingdomEmbryophytaCrane et al. 2004
phylumPteridophytaHaeckel 1875
Common Nameferns
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pteridophytaphylumbelongs to Pteridophytanaestated without evidenceDoweld, 2001
Pteridophytaphylumbelongs to Embryophytastated without evidenceTaylor et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)993
Extant Size (PBDB)74 (7.5%)
First Recorded Appearance443 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Haeckel. 1875. The History of Creation: or the development of the Earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes. A popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in particular. From the German […]. The translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester […] 1-2

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lycopsida
class
listed (PBDB)2,565419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
0 Ma
Extant
Psilotopsida
class
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Pteridopsida
class
listed (PBDB)12,942443 Ma
Silurian
0 Ma
Extant
Rhacophytales
order
listed (PBDB)34409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Acrostichum
genus
listed (PBDB)2561.7 Ma
Paleocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Auritulinasporites
genus
listed (PBDB)4209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cardioangulina
genus
listed (PBDB)1112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cibotiumspora
genus
listed (PBDB)20140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cingulatipollenites
genus
listed (PBDB)
Clavatasporites
genus
listed (PBDB)1299 Ma
Carboniferous
299 Ma
Carboniferous
Concavisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)120265 Ma
Permian
0 Ma
Extant
Converrucosisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)88388 Ma
Middle Devonian
55.8 Ma
Eocene
Divisisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)4456.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Duplexisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)5183 Ma
Early Jurassic
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Foveogleicheniidites
genus
listed (PBDB)14125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gabonisporis
genus
listed (PBDB)22125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
58.7 Ma
Paleocene
Haplostigma
genus
listed (PBDB)21393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
290 Ma
Permian
Impardecispora
genus
listed (PBDB)7145 Ma
Late Jurassic
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microfoveolatosporis
genus
listed (PBDB)41145 Ma
Late Jurassic
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Microreticulatisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)131388 Ma
Middle Devonian
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Muricingulisporis
genus
listed (PBDB)17129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Murospora
genus
listed (PBDB)20323 Ma
Carboniferous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phyllotheca
genus
listed (PBDB)257299 Ma
Carboniferous
174 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Pilosisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)73318 Ma
Carboniferous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polycingulatisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)20273 Ma
Permian
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Psilatriletes
genus
listed (PBDB)94125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Rubinella
genus
listed (PBDB)
Saadisporites
genus
listed (PBDB)3105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Scolecopteris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9318 Ma
Carboniferous
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Scortea
genus
listed (PBDB)
Trilobosporites
genus
listed (PBDB)68145 Ma
Late Jurassic
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Triplanosporites
genus
listed (PBDB)14145 Ma
Late Jurassic
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Tuberositriletes
genus
listed (PBDB)1058.7 Ma
Paleocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Uralia
genus
listed (PBDB)1403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Velosporites
genus
listed (PBDB)3113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Verrucosisporites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
293408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1861Cheiloleptites Saporta
1875Pteridophyta Haeckel p. 101
1962Eodelopterum Schmidt p. 838
1962Eodelopterum priscum Schmidt p. 838 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; text-fig 4
1963Eodelopterum Guthörl
1966Polypodiophyta Cronquist et al. p. 133
2001Pteridophyta Doweld
2008Pteridophyta Taylor et al. p. 1027

References

Haeckel E. , The History of Creation: or the development of the Earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes. A popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in particular. From the German […]. The translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester […] 1-2
Schmidt W. (1962) Neue insekten aus dem rheinisch-westfälischen Oberkarbon, Fortschritte in der Geologie von Rheinland und Westfalen 6, 819-860
Guthörl P. (1963) Zur Arthropoden-Fauna des Karbons und Perms. 17. Saaromioptera jordani n. g. n. sp. (Ins., Miomoptera) aus dem Stefan A des Saarkarbons, Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 3, 21-26
Doweld A. B. (2001) Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium
Taylor E., Taylor T., et al (2008) Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, 1-1230
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!
 
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