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Harrisiophyllum indicum

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Desmiophyllum indicum was named by Sahni (1928). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bansa, Shahdol, which is in a Jurassic/Cretaceous fluvial horizon in the Bansa Formation of India.

It was recombined as Araucaria indica by Sukh-Dev and Zeba-Bano (1978); it was recombined as Harrisiophyllum indicum by Pant et al. (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Podozamites spathulatus Feistmantel
1928Desmiophyllum indicum Sahni
1976Desmiophyllum indicum Lakhanpal et al.
1978Araucaria indica Sukh-Dev and Zeba-Bano
1983Harrisiophyllum indicum Pant et al.
1991Desmiophyllum indicum Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
genusHarrisiophyllumPant et al. 1983
speciesindicum(Sahni 1928)

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: Podozamites spathulatus Feistmantel 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Early/Lower Cretaceous or 237.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4India (Madhya Pradesh) Desmiophyllum indicum (224691)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Araucaria indica (229224)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Desmiophyllum indicum (224604 224896)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Odisha) Desmiophyllum indicum (224689)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Madhya Pradesh) Araucaria indica (225479 229201 229213 229356) Desmiophyllum indicum, Araucaria indica (224643)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Desmiophyllum indicum (224642 type locality: 224644)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Podozamites spathulatus (224688)