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Brachyphyllum expansum

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Taxonomy
Echinostrobus expansus was named by Sternberg (1876). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Brachyphyllum expansum by Seward and Sahni (1920), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Echinostrobus expansus Sternberg
1879Pachyphyllum heterophyllum Feistmantel
1920Brachyphyllum expansum Seward and Sahni
1976Brachyphyllum expansum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Brachyphyllum expansum Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusBrachyphyllum
speciesexpansum(Sternberg 1876)

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.

†Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
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Invalid names: Pachyphyllum heterophyllum Feistmantel 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Cretaceous or 201.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania Brachyphyllum expansum (31140)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Brachyphyllum expansum (229271)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Brachyphyllum expansum (24227)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Tamil Nadu) Brachyphyllum expansum (224716)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) Brachyphyllum expansum (224607 224706)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Brachyphyllum expansum (224645) Brachyphyllum expansum, Pachyphyllum heterophyllum (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Brachyphyllum expansum (224717)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Brachyphyllum expansum (224644)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Brachyphyllum expansum (224761)
Aptian - Turonian121.4 - 89.8India (Gujarat) Brachyphyllum expansum (229270)