Alternative combination: Nilssonia distans
Synonym: Pterophyllum hislopianum Oldham 1863
Belongs to Pterophyllum according to Bose and Banerji 1981
See also 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 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 rajmahalense, Pterophyllum sahnii, Pterophyllum santajuanensis, Pterophyllum sinensis, Pterophyllum subaequale, Pterophyllum taylorsvillensis, Pterophyllum thomasi, Pterophyllum tietzei, Pterophyllum trichomatosum, Pterophyllum trilobatum, Pterophyllum xiphipterum
Type specimens:
- Pterophyllum distans: Its type locality is Ghutiari, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India
- Pterophyllum hislopianum: Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1 collection)
• Jurassic of India (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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