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Peltaspermophyta ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | phylum (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Peltaspermophyta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Doweld. 2001. Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Arberiopsida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 466 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
Dictyopteridiopsida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 895 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Peltaspermopsida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 1,403 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pentoxylopsida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2001 | Peltaspermophyta Doweld p. xv |
References
Doweld A. B. (2001) Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium |
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!