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Couperipollis brevispinosus

Taxonomy
Colocasioideaepites brevispina was named by Biswas (1962). It is not extant. Its type locality is Tura-Dalu Road Section, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Tura Formation of India.

It was recombined as Monosulcites brevispinosus by Sah and Dutta (1966); it was recombined as Couperipollis brevispinosus by Venkatachala and Kar (1969), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Colocasioideaepites brevispina Biswas
1966Monosulcites brevispinosus Sah and Dutta
1969Couperipollis brevispinosus Venkatachala and Kar
1976Couperipollis brevispinosus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusCouperipollisVenkatachala and Kar 1969
RankNameAuthor
speciesbrevispinosus(Biswas 1962)

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available