Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877 (cycads)

Cycadopsida - Cycadales

Alternative combination: Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis

Synonyms: Macrotaeniopteris misrai Agarwal 1972, Taeniopteris buskoghatensis Bose and Banerji 1981

Belongs to Taeniopteris according to Gupta 1986

See also Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Taeniopteris acuminata, Taeniopteris auriculata, Taeniopteris cheondaeriensis, Taeniopteris densinervis, Taeniopteris ensis, Taeniopteris feddeni, Taeniopteris glandulata, Taeniopteris haburensis, Taeniopteris kashmirensis, Taeniopteris kelberi, Taeniopteris kutchensis, Taeniopteris lanceolata, Taeniopteris major, Taeniopteris minensis, Taeniopteris mungyeongensis, Taeniopteris nabaensis, Taeniopteris nervosa, Taeniopteris oldhamii, Taeniopteris oregonensis, Taeniopteris orovillensis, Taeniopteris plumosa, Taeniopteris shastensis, Taeniopteris shitakensis, Taeniopteris spatulata, Taeniopteris stankevichii, Taeniopteris stenoneura, Taeniopteris stenophylla, Taeniopteris vittata, Taeniopteris yorkensis

Type specimens:

  • Taeniopteris crassinervis: Its type locality is Mandro, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in the Rajmahal Formation of India
  • Macrotaeniopteris misrai:
  • Taeniopteris buskoghatensis: Its type locality is Basko, Rajmahal, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (5 collections)

• Triassic of United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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