Polypodiopsida

Ferns are a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They reproduce in two phases, a short-lived gametophyte that reproduces sexually to develop a spore-bearing leaf structure. Some ferns produce coiled fiddleheads, which expand into fronds.

Polypodiopsida

Pratt, Anne; Pratt, Anne; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PteridophytaPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 387 million years on record.

The record covers at least 387.95 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 410.62 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 70 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1220 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1220 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 198 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 220 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1693 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 2022 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 2370 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1011 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 394 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 410 of 12000 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 158 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 645 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 100 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 215 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 39 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 13 of 12000 occurrences419–405 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences405–391 Mya — about 2 occurrences391–377 Mya — about 46 occurrences377–363 Mya — about 14 occurrences363–349 Mya — about 93 occurrences349–335 Mya — about 129 occurrences335–321 Mya — about 132 occurrences321–307 Mya — about 415 occurrences307–293 Mya — about 583 occurrences293–279 Mya — about 313 occurrences279–265 Mya — about 255 occurrences265–251 Mya — about 599 occurrences251–237 Mya — about 336 occurrences237–223 Mya — about 673 occurrences223–209 Mya — about 547 occurrences209–195 Mya — about 974 occurrences195–181 Mya — about 1007 occurrences181–168 Mya — about 2057 occurrences168–154 Mya — about 1202 occurrences154–140 Mya — about 672 occurrences140–126 Mya — about 71 occurrences126–112 Mya — about 174 occurrences112–98 Mya — about 209 occurrences98–84 Mya — about 152 occurrences84–70 Mya — about 124 occurrences70–56 Mya — about 214 occurrences56–42 Mya — about 482 occurrences42–28 Mya — about 197 occurrences28–14 Mya — about 145 occurrences14–0 Mya — about 182 occurrences387.95 Mya11.7 ka419 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Polypodiopsida on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 945 formations

Saltwick — 54.40°N, 1.00°WSaltwick — 54.50°N, 0.75°WSaltwick — 54.30°N, 0.40°WSaltwick — 54.50°N, 1.00°WSaltwick — 54.37°N, 1.25°WSaltwick — 54.33°N, 0.50°WCarbondale — 38.18°N, 87.33°WCarbondale — 41.00°N, 88.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 90.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 88.00°WCarbondale — 39.00°N, 87.00°WCarbondale — 41.28°N, 88.28°WCape Stewart — 70.50°N, 22.60°WPottsville — 33.82°N, 87.42°WPottsville — 33.00°N, 87.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.16°N, 108.55°WWillwood — 44.17°N, 108.48°WWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 107.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.45°N, 108.22°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.33°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 110.00°WWillwood — 44.40°N, 108.84°WSteierdorf — 45.08°N, 21.85°EKrivorechenskaya — 64.48°N, 168.92°ESanta Clara — 28.58°N, 109.66°WSanta Clara — 28.57°N, 110.21°WSanta Clara — 28.51°N, 110.19°WSanta Clara — 28.56°N, 109.34°WSanta Clara — 28.55°N, 109.35°WSanta Clara — 28.50°N, 109.50°WSanta Clara — 28.57°N, 109.21°WSanta Clara — 28.56°N, 110.13°WSanta Clara — 28.58°N, 109.63°WFort Union — 45.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 109.03°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 46.47°N, 103.85°WFort Union — 46.28°N, 103.81°WFort Union — 46.02°N, 103.76°WFort Union — 41.55°N, 109.26°WFort Union — 41.55°N, 109.26°WFort Union — 41.33°N, 109.24°WFort Union — 41.46°N, 108.71°WFort Union — 41.57°N, 108.58°WFort Union — 42.28°N, 108.11°WFort Union — 41.16°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 41.14°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.51°N, 108.65°WFort Union — 41.14°N, 109.06°WFort Union — 43.90°N, 105.20°WFort Union — 44.80°N, 106.10°WFort Union — 43.40°N, 105.30°WFort Union — 43.40°N, 106.00°WFort Union — 44.80°N, 106.00°WFort Union — 43.40°N, 105.10°WFort Union — 43.30°N, 105.00°WFort Union — 43.60°N, 105.10°WFort Union — 43.50°N, 104.90°WFort Union — 46.42°N, 103.98°WFort Union — 46.35°N, 103.90°WFort Union — 45.58°N, 103.55°WFort Union — 47.10°N, 104.71°WWasatch — 41.82°N, 108.03°WWasatch — 41.69°N, 108.20°WWasatch — 41.93°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 41.16°N, 108.93°WWasatch — 42.33°N, 108.22°WWasatch — 41.72°N, 107.80°WWasatch — 41.69°N, 107.88°WWasatch — 41.83°N, 108.38°WWasatch — 41.92°N, 108.17°WLost Branch — 37.19°N, 95.42°WLost Branch — 37.83°N, 94.98°WKootenai — 47.48°N, 111.37°WDunvegan — 53.83°N, 119.17°WDunvegan — 55.94°N, 119.94°WDunvegan — 55.92°N, 118.59°WDunvegan — 56.22°N, 120.12°WDunvegan — 55.22°N, 119.17°WDunvegan — 55.27°N, 118.63°WDunvegan — 55.78°N, 118.90°WDunvegan — 55.71°N, 121.21°WEstcourt — 28.33°S, 29.33°EEstcourt — 28.50°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.33°EEstcourt — 28.83°S, 29.67°EEstcourt — 29.00°S, 29.83°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.80°S, 29.79°EEstcourt — 28.50°S, 32.00°ECloughton — 54.30°N, 0.40°WCloughton — 54.17°N, 0.25°WWild Cow — 35.00°N, 106.67°WWild Cow — 34.75°N, 106.25°WSpoon — 40.00°N, 88.00°WBerge Suite — 66.10°N, 123.70°EBerge Suite — 63.80°N, 127.40°EBerge Suite — 64.50°N, 125.80°EBerge Suite — 64.90°N, 124.60°EBerge Suite — 63.50°N, 118.80°EBerge Suite — 63.60°N, 119.80°EDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 52.50°EDzharsu Suite — 44.40°N, 51.30°EDzharsu Suite — 43.10°N, 54.90°EDzharsu Suite — 43.60°N, 53.60°EDzharsu Suite — 44.20°N, 51.90°EPocono — 40.64°N, 78.40°WPocono — 40.50°N, 78.48°WPocono — 40.68°N, 76.18°WPocono — 40.86°N, 75.74°WPocono — 40.18°N, 76.18°WPocono — 40.54°N, 76.50°WPocono — 40.56°N, 76.50°WPocono — 40.17°N, 78.25°WPocono — 38.47°N, 79.10°WPocono — 39.62°N, 78.10°WPocono — 41.03°N, 78.44°WPocono — 41.42°N, 78.73°WPocono — 40.87°N, 75.78°WPocono — 41.25°N, 78.65°WBagong — 31.10°N, 97.20°EBagong — 30.80°N, 97.50°EBagong — 31.00°N, 98.30°EBasal and coal-bearing Suite — 42.50°N, 78.70°EBasal and coal-bearing Suite — 42.60°N, 79.00°ENovorayskaya Suite — 48.80°N, 37.60°ENovorayskaya Suite — 48.60°N, 37.50°ENovorayskaya Suite — 48.60°N, 37.40°EBearreraig Sandstone — 57.50°N, 6.13°W

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The named rock units Polypodiopsida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 921 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,677 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

623 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 665 sites for Polypodiopsida, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 683 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 671 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Polypodiopsida

Credit
Pratt, Anne; Pratt, Anne; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Polypodiopsida was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cronquist et al. 1966