Alternative combination: Nilssonia rajmahalensis
Synonym: Nilssonia bindrabunensis Seward and Sahni 1920
Belongs to Pterophyllum according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Pterophyllum aequale, Pterophyllum affine, Pterophyllum alaskense, Pterophyllum astartense, Pterophyllum bavieri, Pterophyllum brevipenne, Pterophyllum burdwanense, Pterophyllum cheondaeriense, Pterophyllum compressum, Pterophyllum contiguum, Pterophyllum ctenoides, Pterophyllum daleanum, Pterophyllum distans, Pterophyllum exhibens, Pterophyllum footeanum, Pterophyllum fragile, Pterophyllum guptai, Pterophyllum inaequale, Pterophyllum incisum, Pterophyllum jaegeri, Pterophyllum karkatiensis, Pterophyllum kingianum, Pterophyllum lepidum, Pterophyllum longifolium, Pterophyllum lowryanum, Pterophyllum medlicottianum, Pterophyllum micraequale, Pterophyllum minus, Pterophyllum montanense, Pterophyllum morrisianum, Pterophyllum nathorsti, Pterophyllum nerbuddaicum, Pterophyllum princeps, Pterophyllum propinquum, Pterophyllum sahnii, Pterophyllum santajuanensis, Pterophyllum sinensis, Pterophyllum subaequale, Pterophyllum taylorsvillensis, Pterophyllum thomasi, Pterophyllum tietzei, Pterophyllum trichomatosum, Pterophyllum trilobatum, Pterophyllum xiphipterum
Type specimens:
- Pterophyllum rajmahalense: Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India
- Nilssonia bindrabunensis: Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (4 collections), Mexico (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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