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Rajmahalia paradoxa

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Rajmahalia paradoxa was named by Sahni and Rao (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Balbadri, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Rajmahalia paradoxa Sahni and Rao
1976Rajmahalia paradoxa 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
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusRajmahaliaSahni and Rao 1934
speciesparadoxaSahni and Rao 1934

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.

†Rajmahalia paradoxa Sahni and Rao 1934
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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 19:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) Rajmahalia paradoxa (224679 224686 224706 224762 224764 type locality: 224768 224958 225783)