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Taeniopteris crassinervis

Cycadopsida - Cycadales

Taxonomy
Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis was named by Feistmantel (1877). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mandro, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in the Rajmahal Formation of India.

It was recombined as Taeniopteris crassinervis by Gupta (1986) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel
1919Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis Knowlton
1972Macrotaeniopteris misrai Agarwal
1976Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis Lakhanpal et al.
1981Taeniopteris buskoghatensis Bose and Banerji
1986Taeniopteris crassinervis Gupta
1991Taeniopteris crassinervis Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderCycadalesDumortier 1829
genusTaeniopteris
speciescrassinervis(Feistmantel 1877)

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.

†Taeniopteris crassinervis Feistmantel 1877
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Invalid names: Macrotaeniopteris misrai Agarwal 1972 [synonym], Taeniopteris buskoghatensis Bose and Banerji 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 237.00000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia) Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis (24110 24111 24112)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis, Taeniopteris buskoghatensis (224652 type locality: 224876) Taeniopteris buskoghatensis (224686 224768 225783)