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Coniopteris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4891567	https://www.gbif.org/species/4891567
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56101	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56101

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Dicksoniaceae : Coniopteris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Cyatheales : Dicksoniaceae : Coniopteris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
subkingdom	Embryophyta	Crane et al. 2004
phylum	Pteridophyta	Haeckel 1875
class	Pteridopsida	Ritgen 1828
order	Cyatheales	Pryor et al. 1995
family	Dicksoniaceae	Bower
subfamily	Thyrsopterideae
genus	Coniopteris	A.T.Brongniart 1849

Scientific Name

Coniopteris A.T.Brongniart, 1849

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coniopteris	genus	belongs to Thyrsopterideae	stated without evidence	Lapasha and Miller, 1985

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 252 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Coniopteris frutiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Coniopteris hymenophylloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	201 Ma Early Jurassic	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coniopteris latirachis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coniopteris peruviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coniopteris plumosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coniopteris simplex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	176 Ma Early Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Polystichites K.B.Presl, 1838	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Dicksoniaceae : *Polystichites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1849	Coniopteris Brongniart p. 75
1985	Coniopteris Lapasha and Miller

References

Lapasha C. A., Miller C. N. (1985) Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers, Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196, 111-145

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Doweld, A. B. (2013). (2186) Proposal to conserve the name Coniopteris against Polystichites (fossil Pteridophyta, Protodicksoniales). Taxon. 62(4): 840-840. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Taylor, T. N.; Taylor, E. L.; Krings, M. (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Second Edition. Academic Press, 1252 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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