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Welwitschiapites tenuis

Gnetopsida - Gnetales - Welwitschiaceae

Taxonomy
Welwitschiapites tenuis was named by Bharadwaj and Salujha (1964). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. canaiculus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Welwitschiapites tenuis Bharadwaj and Salujha
1976Welwitschiapites tenuis Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
phylumGnetophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
classGnetopsidaKirpotenko 1884
orderGnetales
familyWelwitschiaceaeCaruel 1879
genusWelwitschiapitesBolkhovitina
speciestenuisBharadwaj and Salujha 1964

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.

†Welwitschiapites tenuis Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Lopingian or 290.10000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (Jharkhand) Welwitschiapites tenuis (224608)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) Welwitschiapites tenuis (224664 224701 224722)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India Welwitschiapites tenuis (30166)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (West Bengal) Welwitschiapites tenuis (224894)