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Couperipollis brevispinosus

Taxonomy
Colocasioideaepites brevispina was named by Biswas (1962). It is not extant. Its type locality is Tura-Dalu Road Section, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Tura Formation of India.

It was recombined as Monosulcites brevispinosus by Sah and Dutta (1966); it was recombined as Couperipollis brevispinosus by Venkatachala and Kar (1969) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Colocasioideaepites brevispina Biswas
1966Monosulcites brevispinosus Sah and Dutta
1969Couperipollis brevispinosus Venkatachala and Kar
1976Couperipollis brevispinosus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusCouperipollisVenkatachala and Kar 1969
RankNameAuthor
speciesbrevispinosus(Biswas 1962)

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: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) Colocasioideaepites brevispina (224747 224890)