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Botrychiopsis validum

Polypodiopsida - Filicales

Taxonomy
Neuropteridium validum was named by Feistmantel (1876). It is not extant. Its type locality is Srirampur Colliery, Giridih Coalfield, which is in a Sakmarian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India. It is the type species of Gondwanidium.

It was recombined as Neuropteris valida by Feistmantel (1879); it was recombined as Botrychiopsis validum by Lele and Makada (1974); it was recombined as Gondwanidium validum by Gothan (1927), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Neuropteridium validum Feistmantel
1879Neuropteris valida Feistmantel
1927Gondwanidium validum Gothan
1974Botrychiopsis validum Lele and Makada
1976Gondwanidium validum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Gondwanidium validum Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderFilicales
genusBotrychiopsisKurtz 1894
speciesvalidum(Feistmantel 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.

Botrychiopsis validum Feistmantel 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Jharkhand) Botrychiopsis validum (229250) Neuropteridium validum (type locality: 225321) Neuropteris valida (224880 226913)