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Pecopteris ✝
| Description | Pecopteris is a very common form genus of leaves. Most Pecopteris leaves and fronds are associated with the marattialean tree fern Psaronius. However, Pecopteris-type foliage also is borne on several filicalean ferns, and at least one seed fern. Pecopteris first appeared in the Devonian period, but flourished in the Carboniferous, especially the Pennsylvanian. Plants bearing these leaves became extinct in the Permian period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecopteris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Marattiales : Asterothecaceae : Pecopteris | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pteropsida : Pecopteris | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pecopteris (A.T.Brongniart) Sternberg, 1825 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 11.1 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. D. Tidwell, J. R. Jennings, and S. S. Beus. 1992. A Carboniferous flora from the Surprise Canyon Formation in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):1013-1021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecopteris |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pecopteris buhsei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Pecopteris carolinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Pecopteris falcatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Pecopteris sulziana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 252 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1822 | Pecopteris Brongniart |
| 1927 | Pecopteris Ogilvie Gordon |
| 1971 | Pecopteris Gall |
| 1992 | Pecopteris Tidwell et al. p. 1018 |
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!
Mazon Creek, Will County, Illinois, USA