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Selaginella

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Selaginella Beauvois
1854Selaginella Willkomm
1919Selaginella Knowlton
1961Selaginella Chandler p. 115
1976Selaginella Lakhanpal et al.
1991Selaginella Chandra and Tewari
1991Selaginella Chauhan
1991Selaginella Srivastava
2016Selaginella I p. 722
2023Selaginella Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderSelaginellalesPrantl 1874
familySelaginellaceaeWillkomm 1854
genusSelaginellaBeauvois 1804

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. Selaginella Beauvois 1804
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†Selaginella berthoudii Lesquereux 1873
†Selaginella collieri Knowlton 1916
†Selaginella falcata Lesquereux 1878
†Selaginella laciniata Lesquereux 1875
†Selaginella marylandica Fontaine 1905
†Selaginella monstrosa Brown 1962
†Selaginella perinata Frederiksen 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Holocene or 318.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (143 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium S. fraipontii (37495)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) S. obtusosetosa (212895)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) S. anasazia (34886)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic208.5 - 174.7Sweden (Scania) S. hallei (25046)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (29461)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) S. sp. (225504)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Sakha) S. sp., S. velata (32313)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Germany (Sauerland) S. nehdenensis (22727)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen S. cepuliniformis (212949 212979)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Chiapas) S. sp. (68835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar S. sp. (161726)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Nei Mongol) S. sp. (71073)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) S. JC023 (31957)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (165562)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) S. falcata (34921)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) S. monstrosa (53605)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) S. perinata (152264)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) S. berthoudi (39899 53075)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) S. collieri (40098 55857) S. monstrosa (40280)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) S. collieri (58010)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) S. sp. (224606)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Canada (Nunavut) S. selaginoides (102070)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (21249)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) S. sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) S. sp. (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) S. sp. (227632 227646 227649 227652 227662 227663 227664 227665 227666 227669 227671 227672 227673 227675 227697 227700 227709 227714 227721 227724 227782 227783 227785 227787 227788 227801 227802)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico S. sp. (32293 32297 32299)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) S. saxonica (24922 24923 24925 24982 24983 25591)
Rupelian - Tertiary33.9 - 2.58Germany (Brandenburg) S. lusatica (24316)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) S. saxonica (26513)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) S. lusatica, S. saxonica (24183) S. saxonica (24179 24533 24534 26264 26508 26509 26510 26750)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama S. sp. (32334 32390 32391 32392 32393 32394 32395 32396 32397 32399 32400 32401)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica S. spp. (31168)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) S. sp. (231824)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) S. sp. (46336 46337)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) S. sp. (22796)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Massachusetts) S. sp. (231795)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama S. sp. (32455)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) S. germanica (23049) S. germanica, S. polygonalis (23686) S. lusatica (23060)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) S. germanica (23056) S. germanica, S. lusatica (27013) S. germanica, S. lusatica, S. tertiaria (27524) S. pliocenica (23681) S. pliocenica, S. kunovicensis (23618) S. pliocenica, S. tertiaria, S. germanica (22899 23611)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) S. pliocenica, S. tertiaria, S. lusatica, S. kunovicensis, S. germanica (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) S. germanica (27381) S. pliocenica (27376)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) S. sp. (46265)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) S. pliocenica (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) S. pliocenica (24094 24100 24286 24317 24320 24321)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) S. pliocenica (27277)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama S. sp. (32310)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal S. sp. (232112 232125)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) S. magdae (51756)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) S. pliocenica (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Selaginella indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172855 172867 172868 172870 172873 172874 172881 172882)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa S. sp. (22072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) S. sp. (63218)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) S. sp. (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) S. sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) S. selaginoides (163070 163075)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) S. eatonii (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) S. sp. (228818)