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Podocarpidites multesimus

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Podocarpidites multesimus was named by Pocock (1962). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. deltmanni, P. elipticus, P. elliptcus, P. granulatus, P. langii, P. magnifica, P. magnus, P. marwicki, P. marwicki, P. marwikii, P. marwikii, P. minisulcus, P. multisemus, P. ornatus, P. ostentatus, P. rousei, P. rugulatus, P. vestidus
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2014-11-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Podocarpidites multesimus Pocock
1976Podocarpidites multisimus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusPodocarpiditesCookson 1947
speciesmultesimusPocock 1962

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 161.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Podocarpidites multisimus (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Podocarpidites multesimus (224785 225331 227057 227058)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Podocarpidites multisimus (224625)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Podocarpidites multesimus (232390)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) Podocarpidites multesimus (194481)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Podocarpidites multesimus (164526)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Podocarpidites multesimus (232635 276762)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Podocarpidites multesimus (32522)