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Macrotaeniopteris morrisii

Taxonomy
Taeniopteris morrisi was named by Oldham (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Macrotaeniopteris morrisii by Schimper (1869), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. angustior, M. latior, M. lunzensis, M. novosemelica, M. simplex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Taeniopteris morrisi Oldham
1869Macrotaeniopteris morrisii Schimper
1976Macrotaeniopteris morrisii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
genusMacrotaeniopterisSchimper 1869
speciesmorrisii(Oldham 1863)

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: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) Taeniopteris morrisi (type locality: 224686)