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Osmundacaulis rajmahalense

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Osmundites rajmahalense was named by Gupta (1970). It is not extant. Its type locality is Amarjola, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in the Rajmahal Formation of India.

It was recombined as Osmundacaulis rajmahalense by Sharma (1973), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-05-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Osmundites rajmahalense Gupta
1973Osmundacaulis rajmahalense Sharma
1976Osmundites rajmahalense Lakhanpal et al.
1991Osmundacaulis rajmahalense Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusOsmundacaulisMiller 1967
speciesrajmahalense(Gupta 1970)

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.

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Diagnosis
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