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Podocarpidites major

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Podocarpidites major was named by Couper (1953). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. deltmanni, P. elipticus, P. elliptcus, P. granulatus, P. langii, P. magnifica, P. magnus, P. marwicki, P. marwicki, P. marwikii, P. marwikii, P. minisulcus, P. multisemus, P. ornatus, P. ostentatus, P. rousei, P. rugulatus, P. vestidus
Entered
by F. Aspromonte (authorized by E. Vlachos) on 2023-08-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Podocarpidites major Couper
2022Podocarpidites major Vera et al.
2023Podocarpidites major Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusPodocarpiditesCookson 1947
speciesmajorCouper 1953

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.

†Podocarpidites major Couper 1953
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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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 119.57000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Podocarpidites major (224620)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Podocarpidites major (32378)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Podocarpidites major (231739 231742 231749 240581)