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Corystospermales

Gymnospermopsida - Corystospermales

Taxonomy
Corystospermales was named by Thomas (1933). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Taylor et al. (2008); to Spermatophyta by Jud (2011); and to Gymnospermopsida by Moisan et al. (2010) and Chatterjee et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Corystospermales Thomas
2008Corystospermales Taylor et al. p. 1028
2010Corystospermales Moisan et al.
2011Corystospermales Jud
2013Corystospermales Chatterjee et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
classGymnospermopsida
RankNameAuthor
orderCorystospermalesThomas 1933
orderCorystospermalesThomas 1933

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.

Or. †Corystospermales Thomas 1933
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Fm. †Corystospermaceae Thomas 1933
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G. †Cuneumxylon Artabe and Brea 2003
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†Cuneumxylon spallettii Artabe and Brea 2003
G. †Cycadopteris Zigno 1853
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†Cycadopteris auriculata Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris brauniana Zigno 1861
†Cycadopteris indica Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris majus Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris pulcherrima Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris ungeri Zigno 1853
G. †Dicroidiopsis Frenguelli 1943
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†Dicroidiopsis crassa Menéndez 1951
†Dicroidiopsis incisa DuToit 1943
G. †Dicroidium Gothan 1912
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†Dicroidium coriaceum Johnston 1886
†Dicroidium crassinervis Geinitz 1876
†Dicroidium dubium Feistmantel 1878
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Invalid names: Sphenopteris bergina Jones and de Jersey 1947 [synonym]
†Dicroidium elongatum Carruthers 1872
†Dicroidium eskense Walkom 1928
†Dicroidium feistmantelii Johnston 1847
†Dicroidium gopadensis Bose and Srivastava 1971
†Dicroidium irnensis Abu Hamad et al. 2008
†Dicroidium jordanensis Abu Hamad et al. 2008
†Dicroidium natalense Frenguelli 1943
†Dicroidium nidpurensis Bose and Srivastava 1971
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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia subtrigona Feistmantel 1879 [synonym]
†Dicroidium papillosum Bose and Srivastava 1971
†Dicroidium prolungatum Menéndez 1951
†Dicroidium robustum Abu Hamad et al. 2008
†Dicroidium sahnii Seward 1932
†Dicroidium shirleyi Holmes 1982
†Dicroidium spinifolium Tenison-Woods 1883
†Dicroidium stelznerianum Geinitz 1876
†Dicroidium superbum Shirley 1898
†Dicroidium voiseyi Holmes and Ash 1979
†Dicroidium zuberi Szajnocha 1888
G. †Elchaxylon Artabe and Zamuner 2007
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†Elchaxylon zavattieriae Artabe and Zamuner 2007
G. †Fanerotheca Frenguelli 1944
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†Fanerotheca extans Frenguelli 1944
G. †Feruglioa Frenguelli 1944
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†Feruglioa samaroides Frenguelli 1944
G. †Komlopteris Barbacka 1994
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†Komlopteris cenozoicus McLoughlin et al. 2008
G. †Pteruchus Thomas 1933
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†Pteruchus dubius Thomas 1933
†Pteruchus gopadensis Pant and Basu 1979
†Pteruchus indicus Pant and Basu 1973
†Pteruchus johnstonii Feistmantel 1890
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Invalid names: Pteruchus africanus Thomas 1933 [synonym], Stachyopitys annularioides Shirley 1898 [synonym]
†Pteruchus nidpurensis Srivastava 1975
†Pteruchus rhaetica Geinitz 1876
†Pteruchus thomasii Pant and Basu 1979
G. †Trichomanides Tenison-Woods 1883
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†Trichomanides laxum Tenison-Woods 1883
G. †Umkomasia Thomas 1933
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†Umkomasia cacheutensis Frenguelli 1942
†Umkomasia distans Holmes 1987
†Umkomasia macleani Thomas 1933
†Umkomasia polycarpa Holmes 1987
†Umkomasia sessilis Holmes 1987
Invalid names: Beania geminata Shirley 1898 [nomen dubium], Karibacarpon Lacey 1974 [synonym], Pilophorosperma Thomas 1933 [synonym]
G. †Xylopteris Frenguelli 1943
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†Xylopteris elongata Carruthers 1872
†Xylopteris rigida Dun 1909
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Invalid names: Stenopteris densifolia Thomas 1933 [synonym]
Invalid names: Umkomastiaceae [replaced]
G. †Doylea Stockey and Rothwell 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 259.90000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (153 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Turkey (Diyarbakir) Dicroidium sp. (27809)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India (Madhya Pradesh) Pteruchus sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3 (30173)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India Dicroidium sp. 1 (30172 30178)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Madagascar Dicroidium sp. 1 (30280)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Jordan Dicroidium sp., Dicroidium robustum, Dicroidium sp. B, Dicroidium sp. A (231024)
Lopingian - Early/Lower Triassic259.9 - 247.2India (West Bengal) Dicroidium sp. (229205)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2 (29350)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicroidium gopadensis, Dicroidium nidpurensis, Dicroidium papillosum, Pteruchus gopadensis, Pteruchus indicus, Pteruchus nidpurensis, Pteruchus thomasii (30132) Dicroidium sp. (226938 229389)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Australia (New South Wales) Pteruchus sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Karibacarpon sp. 1 (29451)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2India Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3 (30134)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2India (Jharkhand) Thinnfeldia sahnii (225067)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Argentina (San Juan) Zuberia feistmanteli (141587)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Chile (Chañaral) Umkomasia sp., Dicroidium lancifolium, Dicroidium odontopteroides (224049)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicroidium odontopteroides, Dicroidium feistmantelii, Thinnfeldia sahnii (226939)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Argentina (Mendoza) Zuberia feistmanteli (153399)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Liaoning) Dicroidium sp. 1 (29984)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand Dicroidium dubium (61459)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Dicroidium odontopteroides (216646) Umkomasia sp., Dicroidium elongatum, Dicroidium odontopteroides, Dicroidium coriaceum, Dicroidium prolungatum, Dicroidium eskense, Dicroidium voiseyi, Dicroidium spinifolium, Dicroidium natalense, Dicroidium shirleyi, Dicroidium superbum, Dicroidium dubium, Pteruchus johnstonii, Dicroidium zuberi (207608)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pteruchus sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Dicroidium sp. 5, Dicroidium sp. 6, Dicroidium sp. 7, Dicroidium sp. 8 (29475)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Dicroidium sp. 5 (29421) Umkomasia polycarpa (207739)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) Cuneumxylon spallettii (200041 200042) Dicroidium lancifolium, Dicroidium crassum, Dicroidium odontopteroides (200132) Dicroidium sp. 1, Xylopteris sp. 1, Dicroidiopsis sp. 1 (29384)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Dicroidium sp. 5, Umkomasia distans, Umkomasia sessilis (29423)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Antarctica Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2 (29349)
Middle Triassic - Late/Upper Triassic247.2 - 201.4Chile (Huasco) Dicroidium lancifolium (223791) Dicroidium odontopteroides (223788)
Middle Triassic - Late/Upper Triassic247.2 - 201.4Chile Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3 (29507)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (116119)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Pteruchus sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Feruglioa sp. 1, Xylopteris sp. 1, Xylopteris sp. 2 (29404)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23002)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Dicroidium odontopteroides, Pteruchus rhaetica, Feruglioa samaroides, Xylopteris rigida, Fanerotheca extans, Dicroidium coriacium, Dicroidium feistmanteli (84244)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicroidium sp. (23133 23259 23261) Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23142 23170 23263) Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23134) Umkomasia sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23131) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23317) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23004 23086 23143)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile Dicroidium crassinervis, Dicroidium elongatum (201288) Dicroidium odontopteroides (201289) Dicroidium odontopteroides, Dicroidium coriaceum (207683) Dicroidium sp. (201290)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23084)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Antarctica Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium crassinervis, Dicroidium odontopteroides, Dicroidium coriaceum, Dicroidium fremouwensis (207741)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Antarctica (Victoria Land) Dicroidium sp. (107212)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Free State) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23095)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Lesotho Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23075)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Lesotho Dicroidium lancifolia (84061)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicroidium sp. (23139 23140 23172 23221 23222 23223 23224 23228) Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23138 23147 23167 23168 23264 23266 23322 23325) Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23093) Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23175) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23127 23229) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23132 23144)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Chile Dicroidium sp. 1 (29509)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23130)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicroidium zuberi (226713)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Neuquen) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4 (29410) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Dicroidium sp. 5, Xylopteris sp. 1 (29411) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Xylopteris sp. 1, Xylopteris sp. 2 (29403)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Antarctica Dicroidium crassinervis, Dicroidium zuberi, Pteruchus dubius (207740) Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Xylopteris sp. 1 (29364)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23070) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23003 23015 23069 23076)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Chile (Huasco) Dicroidium odontopteroides (223790)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Lesotho Dicroidium lancifolia, Dicroidium odontopteroides, Stenopteris densifolia, Dicroidium feistmanteli (208639) Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp., Fanerotheca sp. (23087) Umkomasia sp., Dicroidium sp. (23129) Umkomasia sp., Pteruchus sp., Dicroidium sp. (23128)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dicroidium sp. 1 (29383)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Mendoza) Dicroidium argenteum, Dicroidium odontopteroides, Xylopteris argentina, Xylopteris elongata (210079) Pteruchus sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2, Dicroidium sp. 3, Dicroidium sp. 4, Dicroidium sp. 5, Dicroidium sp. 6, Dicroidium sp. 7, Feruglioa sp. 1, Xylopteris sp. 1 (29405)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) Dicroidium sp. (23136 23226 23262)
Norian228.0 - 208.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicroidium odontopteroides, Dicroidium coriaceum, Dicroidium zuberi, Dicroidium giarensis (30181) Dicroidium sp., Xylopteris sp., Dicroidium zuberi (30180)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Beania geminata (111774) Sphenopteris superba, Stachyopitys annularioides, Beania geminata (111777)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Chile Dicroidium sp. 1, Dicroidium sp. 2 (29508)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) Dicroidium sp. (56018)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Chile (Huasco) Dicroidium sp. (223233)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile (Atacama) Dicroidium sp. (206095)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany Umkomasia sp. (31300)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3France Cycadopteris chicheryi (24559)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Antarctica Dicroidium sp. 1 (29344) Komlopteris sp. 1 (29347)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania Komlopteris nordenskioeldii (31129)
Sinemurian - Toarcian199.3 - 174.1Russian Federation Dicroidium sp. 1 (30626)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Italy Cycadopteris heterophylla, Cycadopteris brauniana (24564)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Poland (Cracow) Cycadopteris heterophylla (24598)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina (Chubut) Feruglioa sp. 1 (29373)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Komlopteris speciosa (24227)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Cycadopteris moretiana (31318 31327)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France Cycadopteris moretiana (24395 24396)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Dicroidium sp. (224646)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Dicroidium sp. (224766) Dicroidium sp., Dicroidium feistmantelii, Thinnfeldia subtrigona (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Egypt Xylopteris sp. 1 (30101)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Cycadopteris sp., Cycadopteris brauniana, Cycadopteris auriculata, Cycadopteris indica, Cycadopteris majus, Cycadopteris pulcherrima (224644)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France Cycadopteris jurensis (24440)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Cycadopteris jurensis (31060 31207) Cycadopteris sp. (24391)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cycadopteris jurensis (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Cycadopteris jurensis (24422 24425 24426 24427 24432 24434 24438)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Cycadopteris jurensis (59175)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Franconia) Cycadopteris jurensis (24521 24523 24524)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Chhattisgarh) Cycadopteris indica, Cycadopteris majus (224959)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Odisha) Cycadopteris sp. (229367)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0Canada (British Columbia) Doylea tetrahedrasperma (99179)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) Komlopteris cenozoicus (166741)