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Sphenopteris elegans ✝
| Description | Sphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenopteris_elegans, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris : Sphenopteris elegans | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Sphenopteridae : Sphenopteris : Sphenopteris elegans | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Sphenopteris | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sphenopteris elegans Sternberg, 1825 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 311 - 300 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dilcher, T. A. Lott, and B. J. Axsmith. 2005. Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama. Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenopteris_elegans |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1825 | Sphenopteris elegans Sternberg |
| 2005 | Sphenopteris elegans Dilcher et al. p. 161 |
References
| Dilcher D. L., Lott T. A., et al (2005) Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama, Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama |
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!
