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Girtya

Taxonomy
Girtya was named by Read (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Girtya pennsylvanica.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970).

Species
G. pennsylvanica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Girtya Read
1970Girtya Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridospermophyta
genusGirtyaRead 1955

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. †Girtya Read 1955
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†Girtya pennsylvanica Read 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Visean or 382.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) G. pennsylvanica (24177)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Pennsylvania) G. pennsylvanica (24677)
Visean346.7 - 330.9USA (Pennsylvania) G. pennslvanica (24556)