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Peltaspermum

Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae

Taxonomy
Peltaspermum was named by Harris (1937). It is not extant. Its type is Peltaspermum rotula.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Peltaspermaceae by Retallack (1981), Holmes (1982) and Meyen (1984).

Species
P. bornemannii, P. madygenicum, P. rotula (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. martinsii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Peltaspermum Harris
1970Peltaspermum Andrews
1981Peltaspermum Retallack
1982Peltaspermum Holmes
1984Peltaspermum Meyen p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumPeltaspermophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPeltaspermopsida
orderPeltaspermalesDelevoryas 1979
familyPeltaspermaceaeHarris 1937
genusPeltaspermumHarris 1937

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.

G. †Peltaspermum Harris 1937
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†Peltaspermum bornemannii Kustatscher et al. 2007
†Peltaspermum madygenicum Dobruskina 1980
†Peltaspermum rotula Harris 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 279.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation P. sp. (197912) P. sp. 1 (30433 30434 30435 30477 30480 30496 30544 30563 30615 30682)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (Vladimir) P. sp. (104756)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation P. sp. 1 (30721)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2China (Henan) P. sp. 1 (29618)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) P. martinsii (205960)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (207608)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy P. sp. (154452)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy P. bornemannii (154341)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy P. bornemannii (154334)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp. (200132)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0New Zealand P. sp. (207622)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany P. sp. (154355)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan P. sp. 1 (30273)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Ukraine P. sp. 1 (30953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa P. sp. (23084)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Lesotho P. sp. (23075)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation P. sp. 1 (30416 30818)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) P. sp. (23002)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) P. sp. (23004 23086 23133 23134 23142 23143 23263)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) P. sp. (23003 23076)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) P. sp. (23132 23147 23175 23264)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Ukraine P. sp. 1 (30952)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Ukraine P. sp. 1 (30954)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Ukraine P. sp. 1 (30957 30962)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany P. sp. (31300)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Sweden P. rotula (31179)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic208.5 - 174.7Sweden (Scania) P. rotula (25046)