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Calamitaceae

Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Calamitaceae Jennings p. 154
2005Calamitaceae Dilcher et al. p. 159
2013Calamitaceae Chatterjee et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassEquisetidaeWarm 1883
orderEquisetalesDumortier 1829
familyCalamitaceae
familyCalamitaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Arthrodendron Seward 1898
G. †Arthropityostachys Renault 1896
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G. †Arthropitys Goeppert 1864
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†Arthropitys bistriata Cotta 1864
G. †Asterophyllites Brongniart 1828
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†Asterophyllites radiatus Brongniart 1822
Invalid names: Schlotheimia Sternberg 1822 [synonym]
G. †Asterophyllostachys Schimper 1880
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G. †Asthenomyelon Leistikow 1962
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†Asthenomyelon adversale Leistikow 1962
G. †Calamitea Cotta 1832
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†Calamitea striata Cotta 1832
G. †Calamites Suckow 1784
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Subg. †Calamites (Mesocalamites) Hirmer 1927
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†Mesocalamites roemeri Goeppert 1850
†Calamites aliwalensis Anderson and Anderson 1985
†Calamites goepperti Ettingshausen 1854
†Calamites radiatus Brongniart 1828
†Calamites suckowii Brongniart 1828
†Calamites undulatus Sternberg 1825
G. †Calamitina Weiss 1876
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†Calamitina goepperti Ettingshausen 1876
G. †Calamitomyelon Lignier 1910
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†Calamitomyelon morierei Lignier 1910
G. †Calamocarpon Baxter 1963
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†Calamocarpon insignis Baxter 1963
G. †Calamocladus Schimper 1869
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†Calamocladus longifolius Brongniart 1869
G. †Calamodendrea Grand'Eury 1877
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†Calamodendrea rhizobola Grand'Eury 1877
G. †Calamodendrofloyos Grand'Eury 1877
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†Calamodendrofloyos cruciatus Sternberg 1877
G. †Calamodendron Brongniart 1849
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†Calamodendron striatum Brongniart 1849
G. †Calamodendrophyllum Grand'Eury 1879
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†Calamodendrophyllum bifurcatum Grand'Eury 1879
G. †Calamodendroxylon Grand'Eury 1877
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G. †Calamophloios Arber 1916
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†Calamophloios rugosus Arber 1916
G. †Calamostachys Schimper 1869
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†Calamostachys typica Schimper 1869
G. †Coleophyllites Grand'Eury 1877
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†Coleophyllites zeaeformis Schlotheim 1820
G. †Haplocalamus Unger 1856
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G. †Metacalamostachys Hirmer 1927
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G. †Myelocalamites Grand'Eury 1877
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†Myelocalamites approximatus Schlotheim 1828
G. †Nematophyllites Miller 1892
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†Nematophyllites angustus Fontaine and White 1880
Invalid names: Nematophyllum Fontaine and White 1880 [replaced]
G. †Neocalamites Halle 1908
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†Neocalamites foxii Lele 1955
†Neocalamites hoerensis Schimper 1908
†Neocalamites knowltoni Berry 1912
†Neocalamites virginiensis Fontaine 1883
G. †Pinnularia Lindley and Hutton 1834
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†Pinnularia capillacea Lindley and Hutton 1834
G. †Protocalamites Goebel 1906
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†Protocalamites scrobiculatus Schlotheim 1820
G. †Pseudobornia Nathorst 1894
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†Pseudobornia ursina Nathorst 1894
G. †Zimmermannioxylon Leistikow 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Gelasian or 365.20000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (757 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) Pseudobornia ursina (22893 22894)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Indiana) Protocalamites dorfii (21033 21034)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Namur) Pinnularia devonica (32226 32272 32276 32279)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Protocalamites sp. (10673)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Asterophyllites longifolius, Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Calamostachys andanensis, Mesocalamites cistiiformis (13511)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Georgia) Calamites sp. (12698)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Asterophyllites longifolius, Asterophyllites charaeformis, Calamostachys sp., Calamites cistiiformis, Calamites hesperius (11209)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4India (Himachal Pradesh) Asterophyllites sp. (224624)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Calamites sp. (28015 28018 28020 28021)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Missouri) Calamites ramosus artis, Pinnularia sp. (12122)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Georgia Neocalamites sp. 1 (30105 30108 30114 30115 30118 30120 30123 30124) Neocalamites sp. 1, Neocalamites sp. 2 (30107)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Mongolia Neocalamites sp. 1 (30293)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Ukraine Neocalamites sp. 1 (30961)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian168.2 - 152.21China (Liaoning) Neocalamites carcinoides, Neocalamites nathorsti (92421)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Russian Federation Neocalamites sp. 1 (30581)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Heilongjiang) Neocalamites sp. 1 (29562)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Egypt Neocalamites sp. 1 (30101)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Neocalamites sp., Neocalamites minutus (154138)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Casuarinites cainozoicus (167544)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Upr WebiShebele Basn) Pinnularia sp. (22569)