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Sphenophyllum ✝
| Description | Sphenophyllum is a genus in the order Sphenophyllales. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenophyllum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Sphenophyllaceae : Sphenophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Equisetophyta : Equisetopsida : Sphenophyllales : Sphenophyllaceae : Sphenophyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Sphenophyllum A.T.Brongniart, 1828 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 371 - 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenophyllum |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Sphenophyllum arkansanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum bifurcatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum chubutianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum elongatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sphenophyllum fertile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum filiculme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum galianoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum gilmorei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum laciniatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum lescurianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum multirame species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum orbicularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum radiatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sphenophyllum retastum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum suspectum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum tenue species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphenophyllum thonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Rotularia Sternberg, 1821 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Sphenophyllaceae : Rotularia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1828 | Sphenophyllum Brongniart p. 68 |
| 2009 | Sphenophyllum Taylor et al. |
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!
