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Lyginopteridaceae ✝
| Description | Lyginopteridaceae is an extinct family of plants (Pteridospermatophyta) in North America and European Carboniferous coal measures. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyginopteridaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Lyginopteridaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. D. Zalessky. 1906. Fossile Pflanzen aus der Gruppe Cycadofilices. Zapiski Imperatorskago Sankt-Peterburgskago Mineralogicheskago Obshchestva, Series 2 44:327-410 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyginopteridaceae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lagenostoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lyginodendron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lyginopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microspermopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pitys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudopecopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhetinangium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Sphenopteris ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 799 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Lagenostomaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lagenostomaceae |
| Pityaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pityaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1906 | Lyginopteridaceae Zalessky pp. 332, 375, 378 |
| 1997 | Lyginopteridaceae Kenrick and Crane |
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!
