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Pecopteris

Pteropsida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Pecopteris Brongniart
1919Pecopteris Knowlton
1927Pecopteris Ogilvie Gordon
1971Pecopteris Gall
1991Pecopteris Chandra and Tewari
1992Pecopteris Tidwell et al. p. 1018

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPteropsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassFilicinae
genusPecopterisBrongniart 1822

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. †Pecopteris Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825
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Alethopteris branneri White 1913
Alethopteris lobifolia Schimper 1828
Alethopteris lonchiticus Schlotheim 1804
Alethopteris roesserti Presl 1838
Alethopteris valida Boulay 1876
Alethopteris whitbyensis Göppert 1876
Alethopteris whitneyi Newberry 1876
Pecopteris affinis McClelland 1850
Pecopteris arctica Heer 1883
Pecopteris borealis Brongniart 1828
Pecopteris buhsei Engelhardt 1891
Pecopteris concinna Presl 1881
Pecopteris cycloloba Newberry 1861
Pecopteris filatovae Sixtel 1962
Pecopteris geyleriana Nathorst 1890
Pecopteris lobata Oldham 1863
Pecopteris montanensis Fontaine 1892
Pecopteris pennaeformis Brongniart 1822
Pecopteris rarinervis Fontaine 1883
Pecopteris sepulta Newberry 1882
Pecopteris sulziana Brogniart 1828
Pecopteris totangensis Colani 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 326.40000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (556 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Pennsylvania) Pecopteris indet. (28090)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2France P. esnostensis (10659)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (New Brunswick) Alethopteris lonchitica, P. miltoni, P. plumosa (12421)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Missouri) P. unita, P. lesquereuxii (12122)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Alethopteris lonchitica (13511)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Alethopteris lonchitica, P. abbreviata (13094)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) Alethopteris decurrens (12985) Alethopteris parva, Alethopteris decurrens (12694) P. sp. (12983 12984)
Tournaisian - Serpukhovian358.9 - 323.2USA (Illinois) P. sp. (23914)
Carboniferous - Desmoinesian358.9 - 305.9USA (Missouri) Alethopteris davreuxi, Alethopteris decurrens, Alethopteris grandini, Alethopteris serlii, Alethopteris valida, P. clintoni, P. pseudovestita (11196)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Spain Alethopteris sp. (11185) Alethopteris sp., P. sp. (11186)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India Alethopteris sp. 1 (30129)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Alethopteris whitbyensis (224646)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous163.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Alethopteris lobifolia, Alethopteris whitbyensis (224642)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Pecopteris indet. (100655)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) P. Geyleriana (34837 34839 34841) P. Geyleriana, P. borealis (34865)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) P. conybeari, Alethopteris sp., P. sp. (22645)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica P. sp. (150274)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. buhsei (141997)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588China (Yunnan) P. totangensis (224533)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) P. sp. (46258)