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Sphenopteris wadiai
Taxonomy
Sphenopteris wadiai was named by Sitholey (1944). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tabbowa, which is in a Callovian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial siliciclastic in Sri Lanka.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. amoena, S. arguta, S. barbalata, S. crenularis, S. diphlebia, S. dissecta, S. dixoni, S. dufayi, S. erecta, S. fittoni, S. flabelina, S. germanica, S. goeppertii, S. haliburtoni, S. hirticula, S. lescuriana, S. macilenta, S. matheti, S. mathetii, S. mendescorreae, S. metzgeriodes, S. microcarpa, S. naktongensis, S. obtusiloba, S. pelloi, S. roessertiana, S. S. striata, S. schatzlarensis, S. schimperiana, S. sewardi, S. strigosa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Sphenopteris wadiai Sitholey p. 9 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-9; text-figs 3,4 |
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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.
†Sphenopteris wadiai Sitholey 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Stockmans 1968 | |||||
Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 166.10000 to 152.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Kimmeridgian | Sri Lanka | Sphenopteris wadiai (type locality: 30893) |