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Cycadopites nitidus

Taxonomy
Cycadopites nitidus was named by de Jersey (1964). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dijkstrae, C. folicularis, C. grossus, C. hartii, C. rarus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
genusCycadopitesWodehouse 1933
speciesnitidusde Jersey 1964

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.

†Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 252.17000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Norway Cycadopites nitidus (31367)
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic252.17 - 237.0Antarctica Cycadopites nitidus (31341)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Argentina (Neuquén) Cycadopites nitidus (151448)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Egypt (Sinai) Cycadopites nitidus (140636)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) Cycadopites nitidus (150017)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) Cycadopites nitidus (144299)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cycadopites nitidus (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhão) Cycadopites nitidus (150515)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Cycadopites nitidus (153431)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Morocco (Tarfaya) Cycadopites nitidus (144143)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Cycadopites nitidus (153428)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Mendoza) Cycadopites nitidus (149812)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Cycadopites nitidus (207022)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cycadopites nitidus (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Cycadopites nitidus (22655 22659 36264 55352)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cycadopites nitidus (149974)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cycadopites nitidus (150882)