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Alsophilidites

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy
Alsophilidites was named by Cookson. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyatheaceae by Kapoor et al. (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Alsophilidites Kapoor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCyathealesPryor et al. 1995
familyCyatheaceaeKaulfuss 1827
genusAlsophiliditesCookson

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.

G. †Alsophilidites Cookson
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Alsophilidites bellus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Alsophilidites densus Singh et al. 1964
Alsophilidites exilis Sah and Jain 1965
Alsophilidites grandis Sah and Jain 1965
Alsophilidites pannuceus Brenner 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 196.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Argentina (Neuquén) A. sp. (151448)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) A. exilis, A. grandis (224607)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) A. bellus, A. exilis (227058) A. exilis (225331 227057)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. (102064)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) A. densus (224620)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica A. sp., A. kerguelensis (150237)