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Platycardia jugus

Taxonomy
Platycardia jugus was named by Maithy (1969). It is not extant. Its type locality is Rajhara Colliery, Daltonganj Coalfield, which is in a Sakmarian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India.

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by B. Allen on 2022-06-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Platycardia jugus Maithy
1976Platycardia jugus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
genusPlatycardiaPant and Nautiyal 1960
speciesjugusMaithy 1969

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.

†Platycardia jugus Maithy 1969
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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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Jharkhand) Platycardia jugus (type locality: 224726)