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Paracycas

Cycadopsida - Cycadales

Taxonomy
Paracycas was named by Harris (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Paracycas cteis.

It was assigned to Cycadales by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. cteis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Paracycas Harris
1970Paracycas Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
orderCycadalesDumortier 1829
genusParacycasHarris 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.

G. †Paracycas Harris 1964
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Paracycas cteis Harris 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 201.40000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania P. cteis (31151)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom P. cteis (35120)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) P. cteis (24235)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Georgia P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (30116)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) P. cteis (21110 24327 24341)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation P. sp. 1 (30774)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Georgia P. sp. 1 (30107 30115 30124)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Russian Federation P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (30838)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia P. sp. 1 (30112) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (30111) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3 (30109)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Kazakhstan P. sp. 1 (30231)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Charente) P. sp. (24560)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France P. sp. A, P. sp. B (24422 24428) P. sp. B (24434)