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Cycadopteris

Gymnospermopsida - Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae

Taxonomy
Cycadopteris was named by Zigno (1853). It is not extant. Its type is Cycadopteris ungeri.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Corystospermaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cycadopteris Zigno
1970Cycadopteris Andrews
1976Cycadopteris Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cycadopteris Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
classGymnospermopsida
RankNameAuthor
orderCorystospermalesThomas 1933
familyCorystospermaceae
genusCycadopterisZigno 1853

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. †Cycadopteris Zigno 1853
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†Cycadopteris auriculata Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris brauniana Zigno 1861
†Cycadopteris indica Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris majus Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris pulcherrima Bose and Sukh-Dev 1959
†Cycadopteris ungeri Zigno 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Cretaceous or 208.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3France C. chicheryi (24559)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Italy C. heterophylla, C. brauniana (24564)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Poland (Cracow) C. heterophylla (24598)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France C. moretiana (31318 31327)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France C. moretiana (24395 24396)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) C. sp., C. brauniana, C. auriculata, C. indica, C. majus, C. pulcherrima (224644)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (Scotland) C. jurensis (31060 31207) C. sp. (24391)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France C. jurensis (24440)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France C. jurensis (24422 24425 24426 24427 24432 24434 24438)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) C. jurensis (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. jurensis (154138)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Franconia) C. jurensis (24521 24523 24524)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Chhattisgarh) C. indica, C. majus (224959)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Odisha) C. sp. (229367)