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Polypodiaceaesporites

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Taxonomy
Polypodiaceaesporites was named by Thiergart. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species lacking formal opinion data
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by B. Allen on 2022-06-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Polypodiaceaesporites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
familyPolypodiaceae
genusPolypodiaceaesporitesThiergart

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.

G. †Polypodiaceaesporites Thiergart
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Polypodiaceaesporites tertiarus Sah and Dutta 1968
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: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Miocene or 100.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India P. sp. (224605)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) P. sp. (224627)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Meghalaya) P. stoliczkana (224747)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) P. haardti (224618)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Kerala) P. haardti (224891)