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Ephedripites ellipticus

Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales

Taxonomy
Ephedripites ellipticus was named by Kar (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is Borehole JK5, Jharia Coalfield, which is in a Permian fluvial horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ephedripites ellipticus Kar
1976Ephedripites ellipticus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderEphedrales
genusEphedripitesBolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
speciesellipticusKar 1968

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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (Jharkhand) Ephedripites ellipticus (type locality: 224608)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Jharkhand) Ephedripites ellipticus (224664)