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Hexacolpites

Taxonomy
Hexacolpites was named by Erdtman (1947). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Magnoliophyta by Erdtman (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Hexacolpites Erdtman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
—Pteridobiotina
RankNameAuthor
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumMagnoliophytaCronquist et al.
genusHexacolpitesErdtman 1947

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. †Hexacolpites Erdtman 1947
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†Hexacolpites echinatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
†Hexacolpites indicus Ramanujam 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Miocene or 100.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India H. sp. (224605)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) H. sp. (224712)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) H. sp. (224890)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Kerala) H. sp. (224891)