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Thinnfeldia hughesi

Cycadopsida - Pteridospermales

Taxonomy
Danaeopsis hughesi was named by Feistmantel (1882). It is not extant. Its type locality is Parsora, Shahdol, which is in a Triassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Thinnfeldia hughesi by Seward (1932); it was recombined as Dicroidium hughesii by Gothan (1912), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Danaeopsis hughesi Feistmantel
1912Dicroidium hughesii Gothan
1932Thinnfeldia hughesi Seward
1976Dicroidium hughesii Lakhanpal et al.
1991Dicroidium hughesii Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderPteridospermales
genusThinnfeldiaEttingshausen 1852
specieshughesi(Feistmantel 1882)

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.

Thinnfeldia hughesi Feistmantel 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Norian or 248.10000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Anisian248.1 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicroidium hughesii (14367 14370 20655 20660 20668 20671 20672 20675 20676 20682 20689 20692 20693 20695 20696)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Danaeopsis hughesi (224692) Dicroidium hughesii (224765)
Norian227.3 - 205.7India (Madhya Pradesh) Dicroidium hughesii (30180)