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Zamites gigas

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Zamia gigas was named by Lindley and Hutton (1831). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Zamites gigas by Morris (1843); it was recombined as Williamsonia gigas by Carruthers (1870), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. fragilis, Z. macombii, Z. schmiedelii, Z. tidwellii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Zamia gigas Lindley and Hutton
1843Zamites gigas Morris
1870Williamsonia gigas Carruthers
1976Williamsonia gigas Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusZamites
speciesgigas(Lindley and Hutton 1831)

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.

†Zamites gigas Lindley and Hutton 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Bathonian or 174.70000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom Zamites gigas (35121)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24235)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24238)
Middle Aalenian - Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24262)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24255 24263 24264)
Bajocian - Middle Jurassic170.9 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24212)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian168.6 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Zamites gigas (24273 24274)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian168.2 - 152.21China (Liaoning) Zamites gigas (92421)