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Zosterophyllopsida
Taxonomy
Zosterophyllopsida was named by Foster and Gifford (1974) [Kenrick and Crane 1997 rank this as a plesion.].
It was assigned to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997); and to Zosterophyllophyta by Doweld (2001).
It was assigned to Lycophytina by Kenrick and Crane (1997); and to Zosterophyllophyta by Doweld (2001).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Zosterophyllopsida Foster and Gifford pp. 106, 110 |
| 1997 | Zosterophyllopsida Kenrick and Crane |
| 2001 | Zosterophyllopsida Doweld p. iii |
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Cl. †Zosterophyllopsida Foster and Gifford 1974
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Or. †Cooksoniales Doweld 2001
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G. †Eocooksonia Doweld 2000
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†Eocooksonia sphaerica Doweld 2000
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Invalid names: Cooksonella sphaerica Senkevitsch 1978 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Cooksonella Senkevitsch 1978 [replaced]
Unr. †Sawdoniales
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Invalid names: Barinophytaceae [empty], Gosslingiaceae [empty], Hsuaceae [empty], Sawdoniaceae [empty]
Or. †Zosterophyllales Bierhorst 1971
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G. †Margophyton Zakharova 1981
Invalid names: Renaliaceae Doweld 2001 [empty]
Invalid names: Zosterophyllophyceae [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 427.40000 to 360.70000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ludlow | Australia (Victoria) | Zosterophyllales indet. (20754) | |
| Pridoli | Kazakhstan (N of Lake Balkash) | Cooksonella sp. (53609) | |
| Pridoli | China (Xinjiang) | Junggaria spinosa (10931) | |
| Pridoli | Kazakhstan (North of Lake Balkash) | Cooksonella sp. (53659) Cooksonella sp., Cooksonella sphaerica (53656) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Nunavut) | Zosterophyllales indet. (11429 11431 11491 11553 11721) Zosterophyllopsida indet. (11129 11130 11132 11133 11136 11139 11140 11216 11217) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Russian Federation | Margophyton goldschmidtii (238400) | |
| Emsian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Psilophyton goldschmidtii (11513) | |
| Middle Devonian | Norway (Svalbard) | Barinophyton sp. (21118) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Barinophyton indet. (26082) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Barinophyton sp. (179176) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Maine) | Barinophyton richardsoni (21134) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (New York) | Barinophyton citrulliforme (14226) | |
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Barinophyton citrulliforme, Barinophyton obscurum, Barinophyton spp. (20814) Barinophyton citrulliforme, Barinophyton sp., Barinophyton obscurum (31182) Barinophyton sp. (28291 28305 28329) Barinophyton sp., Barinophyton citrulliforme, Barinophyton obscurum (28174) | |
| Middle Famennian | USA (West Virginia) | Barinophyton sibiricum (21198) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Barinophyton citrulliforme (32231 32235 32272 32278) |