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Lepidodendraceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Lepidodendraceae | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lepidodendraceae | |||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||
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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aspidiopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 296 Ma Permian | |
Lepidodendron ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 308 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Lepidophloios ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 63 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lepidophylloides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Lepidostrobophyllum ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 43 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Lepidostrobus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 83 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 252 Ma Permian | |
Maubasia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paralycopodites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Lepidodendropsidaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendropsidaceae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Lepidodendraceae Jennings p. 150 |
2005 | Lepidodendraceae Dilcher et al. p. 155 |
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!
Alabama, USA