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Ptilophyllum rarinervis

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Otozamites rarinervis was named by Feistmantel (1879). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ommevaram, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Ptilophyllum rarinervis by Bose and Kasat (1972) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Otozamites rarinervis Feistmantel
1972Ptilophyllum rarinervis Bose and Kasat
1976Otozamites rarinervis Lakhanpal et al.
1991Ptilophyllum rarinervis Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusPtilophyllumMorris 1840
speciesrarinervis(Feistmantel 1879)

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.

Ptilophyllum rarinervis Feistmantel 1879
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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 Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Cretaceous or 161.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Ptilophyllum rarinervis (229271)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Otozamites rarinervis (224646)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Otozamites rarinervis (type locality: 224604 225029)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Ptilophyllum rarinervis (229415)