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Nilssoniopteris variabilis

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Nilssoniopteris variabilis was named by Bose and Banerji (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Pur River Section, Trambau, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Bhuj Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Nilssoniopteris variabilis Bose and Banerji
1991Nilssoniopteris variabilis Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusNilssoniopterisNathorst 1909
speciesvariabilisBose and Banerji 1984

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.

Nilssoniopteris variabilis Bose and Banerji 1984
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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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 119.57000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Nilssoniopteris variabilis (type locality: 32378)