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Dichotomopteris lindleyi

Polypodiopsida - Filicales

Taxonomy
Pecopteris lindleyana was named by Royle (1839). It is not extant. Its type locality is Raniganj, which is in a Wordian/Lopingian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Raniganj Formation of India.

It was recombined as Alethopteris lindleyana by Schimper (1861); it was recombined as Alethopteris lindleyii by Surange (1964), Lakhanpal et al. (1976); it was recombined as Dichotomopteris lindleyii by Chandra and Tewari (1991); it was recombined as Dichotomopteris lindleyi by McLoughlin (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pecopteris lindleyana Royle
1861Alethopteris lindleyana Schimper
1901Cladophlebis roylei Arber
1935Cladophlebis lindleyana Crookshank
1964Alethopteris lindleyii Surange
1976Alethopteris lindleyii Lakhanpal et al.
1991Dichotomopteris lindleyii Chandra and Tewari
1992Dichotomopteris lindleyi McLoughlin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderFilicales
genusDichotomopterisMaithy 1974
specieslindleyi(Royle 1839)

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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Invalid names: Cladophlebis lindleyana Crookshank 1935 [synonym], Cladophlebis roylei Arber 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Longtanian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Türkiye (Diyarbakir) Cladophlebis roylei (27809)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India Cladophlebis roylei, Pecopteris lindleyana (type locality: 30166)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Australia (Queensland) Dichotomopteris lindleyi (21023)
Longtanian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Dichotomopteris lindleyi (20990 20991 21027 21040 21045 21067 34818)
Longtanian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Australia (Queensland) Dichotomopteris lindleyi (21059)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (Madhya Pradesh) Cladophlebis lindleyana (186681)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (West Bengal) Dichotomopteris lindleyii (229388)