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Selaginellites gracilis

Taxonomy
Araucarites gracilis was named by Oldham and Morris (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Cheirolepis gracilis by Feistmantel (1877); it was recombined as Lycopodites gracilis by Feistmantel (1881) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976); it was recombined as Selaginellites gracilis by Pal (1984) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Araucarites gracilis Oldham and Morris
1876Cheirolepis indica Feistmantel
1877Cheirolepis gracilis Feistmantel
1881Lycopodites gracilis Feistmantel
1976Lycopodites gracilis Lakhanpal et al.
1984Selaginellites gracilis Pal
1991Selaginellites gracilis Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusSelaginellitesZeiller 1906
speciesgracilis(Oldham and Morris 1863)

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.

†Selaginellites gracilis Oldham and Morris 1863
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Invalid names: Cheirolepis indica Feistmantel 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 407.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Gormel) Cheirolepis gracilis (232956)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Araucarites gracilis (type locality: 224686) Selaginellites gracilis (224719 224768 225504 225783)