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Weichselia

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae

Taxonomy
Weichselia was named by Stiehler (1857). It is not extant. Its type is Weichselia ludovicae.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Knowlton (1919); to Weichseliaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Matoniaceae by Cook and Ross (1996).

Species
W. ludovicae (type species), W. reticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Weichselia Stiehler
1919Weichselia Knowlton
1976Weichselia Lakhanpal et al.
1996Weichselia Cook and Ross

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderGleicheniales
familyMatoniaceaePresl 1847
genusWeichseliaStiehler 1857

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. †Weichselia Stiehler 1857
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†Weichselia ludovicae Stiehler 1857
†Weichselia reticulata Stokes and Webb 1824
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 242.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Dolomites) Pecopteris reticulata (24700)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Switzerland Pecopteris reticulata (24684)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Israel W. sp. 1 (30196)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Georgia W. sp. 1 (30116)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Algeria (Illizi) W. sp. (25134)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Peru W. sp. 1 (30362 30363)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) W. reticulata (224644)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Egypt W. sp. 1 (30101)
Berriasian - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Israel (Negev) W. reticulata (22634)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) W. reticulata (34838 34839 34841 34865 34866)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) W. reticulata (224761 225584)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) W. reticulata (119697)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) W. sp. (45193)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) W. reticulata (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Germany (Sauerland) W. sp. (22727)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) W. mantelli (22645)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) W. sp. (162252)