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Pecopteris (Alethopteris)
Taxonomy
Alethopteris was named by Sternberg (1825). It is not extant. Its type is Filicites lonchiticus.
It was reranked as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) by Oldham and Morris (1862).
It was assigned to Pecopteris by Oldham and Morris (1862); to Filicales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Alethopteridae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) by Oldham and Morris (1862).
It was assigned to Pecopteris by Oldham and Morris (1862); to Filicales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Alethopteridae by Dilcher et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Alethopteris davreuxi, Alethopteris grandini, Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris minima, Pecopteris acutifolia, Pecopteris ameromi, Pecopteris andressonii, Pecopteris angusta, Pecopteris arborescens, Pecopteris aspera, Pecopteris augusta, Pecopteris bucklandi, Pecopteris candolleana, Pecopteris cyathea, Pecopteris daubreei, Pecopteris densifolia, Pecopteris elliptica, Pecopteris geinitzi, Pecopteris grandifolia, Pecopteris helenaeana, Pecopteris hucheti, Pecopteris lingulata, Pecopteris miltoni, Pecopteris monyi, Pecopteris obliquenervis, Pecopteris oreopteridia, Pecopteris oreopteroides, Pecopteris plumosa, Pecopteris polymorpha, Pecopteris pseudovestita, Pecopteris serpillifolia, Pecopteris tobaensis, Pecopteris wongi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Alethopteris Sternberg |
| 1862 | Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Oldham and Morris |
| 1976 | Alethopteris Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Alethopteris Chandra and Tewari |
| 2005 | Alethopteris Dilcher et al. p. 161 |
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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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 358.90000 to 122.46000 Ma
Collections (166 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippian | USA (West Virginia) | Alethopteris decurrens (12985) Alethopteris parva, Alethopteris decurrens (12694) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Alethopteris lonchitica (12421) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Alethopteris lonchitica (13094) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Illinois) | Alethopteris lonchitica (13511) | |
| Carboniferous - Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | Alethopteris davreuxi, Alethopteris decurrens, Alethopteris grandini, Alethopteris serlii, Alethopteris valida (11196) | |
| Carboniferous | Spain | Alethopteris sp. (11185 11186) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Alabama) | Alethopteris lonchitica (31028 31029 31030 31033) Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris valida (28984 28985 28987) Alethopteris valida (28988) | |
| Carboniferous | Canada (New Brunswick) | Alethopteris davreuxi (12723) Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris serli (12696 12722) Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris serli, Alethopteris davreuxi (12426) Alethopteris serli (12721 12724) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Georgia) | Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris decurrens (12697) Alethopteris lonchitica, Alethopteris decurrens, Alethopteris valida (12700) | |
| Carboniferous | Turkey | Alethopteris davreuxi (28300) Alethopteris grandini (28299) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Changhsingian | China (Xinjiang) | Alethopteris sp. 1 (30084) | |
| Triassic | Australia (New South Wales) | Alethopteris australis (132305) | |
| Carnian | Mexico (Sonora) | Alethopteris whitneyi (23993 24005 24032 24033 24041 24068 24069 24071 24076 24092) Cladophlebis roesserti, Alethopteris whitneyi (142640) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Alethopteris sp. (24724) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Alethopteris whitbyensis (224645) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India | Alethopteris sp. 1 (30129) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Tamil Nadu) | Alethopteris whitbyensis (224646) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Jharkhand) | Alethopteris sp. (225504) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Alethopteris lobifolia, Alethopteris whitbyensis (224642) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Alethopteris sp. (22645) | |