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Matonidium indicum

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae

Taxonomy
Matonidium indicum was named by Sahni (1936). It is not extant. Its type locality is 3.2km NE of Himatnagar, which is in a Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Himatnagar Formation of India.

It was synonymized subjectively with Matonidium goeppertii by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Matonidium indicum Sahni
1991Matonidium indicum Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderGleicheniales
familyMatoniaceaePresl 1847
genusMatonidiumSchenk 1871
speciesindicumSahni 1936

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.

Matonidium indicum Sahni 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Matonidium indicum (224761 type locality: 225584 229184 229212)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) Matonidium goeppertii (32378)