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Morrisia dentata

Taxonomy
Taeniopteris dentata was named by Rao and Jacob (1957). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mandro, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in the Rajmahal Formation of India.

It was recombined as Morrisia dentata by Bose and Banerji (1981), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

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by B. Allen on 2022-07-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Taeniopteris dentata Rao and Jacob
1976Taeniopteris dentata Lakhanpal et al.
1981Morrisia dentata Bose and Banerji
1991Morrisia dentata Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
RankNameAuthor
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
genusMorrisiaBose 1959
speciesdentata(Rao and Jacob 1957)

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.

†Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
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Diagnosis
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