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Thecopteris major

Taxonomy
Thecopteris major was named by Miner (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is Skansen 385, which is in a Cretaceous mire/swamp coal in Greenland. It is the type species of Thecopteris.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Thecopteris major Miner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusThecopterisMiner 1935
speciesmajorMiner 1935

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.

†Thecopteris major Miner 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland Thecopteris major (type locality: 32505)