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Virkkipollenites obscurus

Taxonomy
Virkkipollenites obscurus was named by Lele (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Goraia, Shahdol, which is in a Cisuralian fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Cannanoropollis obscurus by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Virkkipollenites obscurus Lele
1976Cannanoropollis obscurus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusVirkkipollenitesLele 1964
RankNameAuthor
speciesobscurusLele 1964

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Virkkipollenites obscurus, Cannanoropollis obscurus (type locality: 224680)
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (Jharkhand) Virkkipollenites obscurus (224608)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Jharkhand) Cannanoropollis obscurus (225321)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Cannanoropollis obscurus (224745)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) Virkkipollenites obscurus (224664 224744)