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Shivacarpus

Taxonomy
Shivacarpus was named by Pant et al. (1985). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gymnospermae by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Shivacarpus Pant et al.
1991Shivacarpus Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
genusShivacarpusPant et al. 1985

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.

G. †Shivacarpus Pant et al. 1985
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†Shivacarpus johillensis Pant et al. 1985
†Shivacarpus latus Pant et al. 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Madhya Pradesh) S. johillensis (224746) S. sp. 1, S. latus (30149)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Madhya Pradesh) S. johillensis (225350)