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Desmiophyllum taeniatum

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Desmiophyllum taeniatum was named by Lele (1962). It is not extant. Its type locality is Beli, Shahdol, which is in a Triassic fluvial horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. cyclostomum, D. gramineum, D. imhoffi, D. imhoffii, D. latifolium, D. magnum, D. poleoensis, D. schimperianum
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-04-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Desmiophyllum taeniatum Lele
1976Desmiophyllum taeniatum Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
genusDesmiophyllumLesquereux 1878
speciestaeniatumLele 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
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: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Desmiophyllum taeniatum (type locality: 224691)