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Pterophyllum distans
Taxonomy
Pterophyllum distans was named by Morris (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ghutiari, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India.
It was recombined as Nilssonia distans by Sharma (1969) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976).
It was recombined as Nilssonia distans by Sharma (1969) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Pterophyllum distans Morris |
| 1863 | Pterophyllum hislopianum Oldham |
| 1969 | Nilssonia distans Sharma |
| 1976 | Nilssonia distans Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1981 | Pterophyllum distans Bose and Banerji |
| 1991 | Pterophyllum distans Chandra and Tewari |
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†Pterophyllum distans Morris 1863
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Invalid names: Pterophyllum hislopianum Oldham 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Jurassic | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Pterophyllum distans (229414) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Jharkhand) | Pterophyllum distans (225143 225286) Pterophyllum hislopianum (224686) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Pterophyllum distans (225479) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Bihar) | Pterophyllum distans (type locality: 225578) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Gujarat) | Pterophyllum distans (226874) |