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Pachypteris brevipinnata

Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae

Taxonomy
Pachypteris brevipinnata was named by Feistmantel (1876). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kakadbhit, which is in a Jurassic/Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Bhuj Formation of India.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sphenopteris specifica by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Pachypteris brevipinnata Feistmantel
1991Pachypteris brevipinnata Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumPeltaspermophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPeltaspermopsida
orderPeltaspermalesDelevoryas 1979
familyUmkomasiaceaePetriella 1981
genusPachypteris
speciesbrevipinnataFeistmantel 1876

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.

Pachypteris brevipinnata Feistmantel 1876
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Pachypteris brevipinnata (type locality: 226874)