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Contignisporites cooksonii

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Taxonomy
Contignisporites cooksonii was named by Dettmann (1963). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Contignisporites cooksonii Dettmann
1968Contignisporites cooksonii Venkatachala
1976Contignisporites cooksonii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
genusContignisporitesDettmann 1963
speciescooksoniiDettmann 1963

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.

Contignisporites cooksonii Dettmann 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Aptian or 161.50000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Contignisporites cooksonii (224785 225331 227057 227058)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites cooksonii (224685)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites cooksonii (224642)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Contignisporites cooksonii (224625)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Contignisporites cooksonii (73548)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Contignisporites cooksonii (149982)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Contignisporites cooksonii (32378)