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Pterophyllum princeps

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Pterophyllum princeps was named by Oldham and Morris (1862). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Anomozamites princeps by Knowlton (1919); it was recombined as Nilssonia princeps by Seward and Sahni (1920).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris
1863Pterophyllum crassum Morris
1863Taeniopteris lata Oldham
1863Taeniopteris musaefolia Oldham
1869Macrotaeniopteris lata Schimper
1919Anomozamites princeps Knowlton
1920Nilssonia princeps Seward and Sahni
1969Nilssonia crassum Sharma
1976Macrotaeniopteris lata Lakhanpal et al.
1976Nilssonia crassum Lakhanpal et al.
1976Pterophyllum princeps Lakhanpal et al.
1981Pterophyllum princeps Bose and Banerji
1991Pterophyllum princeps Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusPterophyllumBrongniart 1828
speciesprincepsOldham and Morris 1862

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.

Pterophyllum princeps Oldham and Morris 1862
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Invalid names: Nilssonia crassum Morris 1863 [synonym], Taeniopteris lata Oldham 1863 [synonym], Taeniopteris musaefolia Oldham 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Cretaceous or 161.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Macrotaeniopteris lata (224706 224760) Pterophyllum princeps (224876) Pterophyllum princeps, Taeniopteris lata, Taeniopteris musaefolia, Pterophyllum crassum (type locality: 224686)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Taeniopteris lata (229200)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Pterophyllum princeps (229410)