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Taeniopteris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7237538	https://www.gbif.org/species/7237538
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56180	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56180

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Crossozamiaceae : Taeniopteris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Pentoxylales : Pentoxylaceae : Taeniopteris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
subkingdom	Embryophyta	Crane et al. 2004
phylum	Ginkgophyta	Bessey 1907
class	Ginkgoopsida	Engler 1897
order	Pentoxylales
family	Pentoxylaceae
genus	Taeniopteris	A.T.Brongniart 1828

Scientific Name

Taeniopteris A.T.Brongniart, 1828

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Taeniopteris	genus	belongs to Cycadaceae	stated without evidence	Pineda, 1961
Taeniopteris	genus	belongs to Pentoxylaceae	stated without evidence	McLoughlin et al., 1995

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

323 - 305 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

113 - 90 Ma
Cretaceous

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Taeniopteris angelica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris bertrandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris dawsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris densinervis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris glossopteroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris kelberi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Taeniopteris magnifolia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Taeniopteris missouriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris murrayana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris oregonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris orovillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris orvillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris vittata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taeniopteris yorkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1828	Taeniopteris Brongniart p. 61
1961	Taeniopteris Pineda
1995	Taeniopteris McLoughlin et al.

References

Brongniart A. T. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles

Pineda A. S. (1961) Paleontología del Triásico superior de Sonora. Parte II. Flora fósil de la formación Santa Clara (Cárnico) del Estado de Sonora, Paleontologia Mexicana 11, 36pp

McLoughlin S., Drinnan A. N., et al (1995) A Cenomanian Flora from the Winton Formation, Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museam 38 1, 273-313

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Novikoff, A.; Barabasz-Krasny, B. (2015). System of Embryophytes. In: Novikoff A., Barabasz-Krasny B. Modern Plant Systematics: 23-63. Liga-Pres, Lviv, Ukraine. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - 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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