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Pityosporites nipanica

Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae

Taxonomy
Pityosporites nipanica was named by Rao (1942). It is not extant. Its type locality is Nipania, which is in the Jurassic of horizon the Parsora Formation India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. chinleana, P. constrictus, P. delasaucei, P. grandis, P. granulatus, P. labdacus, P. microalatus, P. ovatus, P. ruttneri, P. schaubergeri, P. westphalensis, P. zapfei
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by B. Allen on 2022-05-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pityosporites nipanica Rao
1976Pityosporites nipanica Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
—Pinophyta()
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
orderPinales
familyPinaceae
genusPityosporitesSeward 1914
speciesnipanicaRao 1942

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
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

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 (Rajasthan) Pityosporites nipanica (type locality: 30133)