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Cycadeoidea furcata

Bennettitales - Bennettitaceae

Taxonomy
Cycadeoidea furcata was named by Ward (1898). It is not extant. Its type locality is Minnekahta Station #2, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial horizon in the Cretaceous Formation of South Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cleavelandii, C. insolita, C. Jenneyana, C. McBridei, C. medullara, C. moroderi, C. pumila, C. Wellsii
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-01-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Cycadeoidea furcata Ward
1919Cycadeoidea furcata Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
familyBennettitaceae
genusCycadeoideaBuckland 1828
speciesfurcataWard 1898

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.

†Cycadeoidea furcata Ward 1898
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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 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Cycadeoidea furcata (type locality: 32048)