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Calamostachys

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4890875https://www.gbif.org/species/4890875
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125732https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125732
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Calamostachys
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Calamitaceae : Calamostachys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
familyCalamitaceae
genusCalamostachysW.P.Schimper 1880
Scientific NameCalamostachys W.P.Schimper, 1880
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Calamostachysgenusbelongs to Calamitaceaestated without evidenceDilcher et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. L. Dilcher, T. A. Lott, and B. J. Axsmith. 2005. Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama. Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Calamostachys binneyana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calamostachys brevifolia
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calamostachys casheana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calamostachys lanceolatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calamostachys ovalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1869Calamostachys Schimper
2005Calamostachys Dilcher et al. p. 161

References

Dilcher D. L., Lott T. A., et al (2005) Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama, Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama
Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Novikoff, A.; Barabasz-Krasny, B. (2015). System of Embryophytes. In: Novikoff A., Barabasz-Krasny B. Modern Plant Systematics: 23-63. Liga-Pres, Lviv, Ukraine. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Taylor, T. N.; Taylor, E. L.; Krings, M. (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Second Edition. Academic Press, 1252 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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