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Nilssoniopteris

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Nilssoniopteris was named by Nathorst (1909). It is not extant. Its type is Nilssoniopteris tenuinervis.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970), Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Bennettitales by Watson and Sincock (1992).

Species
N. tenuinervis (type species), N. variabilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. cinizia, N. glandulosa, N. major, N. multinervis, N. norvegicus, N. pristis, N. vittata
Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2004-01-03; modified by B. Allen on 2020-03-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Nilssoniopteris Nathorst p. 29
1970Nilssoniopteris Andrews
1991Nilssoniopteris Chandra and Tewari
1992Nilssoniopteris Watson and Sincock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusNilssoniopterisNathorst 1909

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. †Nilssoniopteris Nathorst 1909
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†Nilssoniopteris tenuinervis Nathorst 1909
†Nilssoniopteris variabilis Bose and Banerji 1984
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 Carnian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 237.00000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Norian241.464 - 205.7Iran N. sp. 1 (30190)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Utah) N. sp. (24158)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Xizang) N. sp. 1 (30040)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Jilin) N. sp. 1 (29715)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Guizhou) N. sp. 1 (30012)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Sichuan) N. sp. 1 (30042)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Xizang) N. sp. 1 (30062 30064)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) N. cinizia (23968)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Sweden N. sp. (31177) N. sp. a (31176)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5France N. glandulosa (24559)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic205.7 - 174.7Sweden (Scania) N. sp. (25046)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Romania N. sp. (31082 31091 31094)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Jiangxi) N. sp. 1 (29593 29774)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Kazakhstan N. sp. 1 (30230)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Romania N. multinervis (31155) N. multinervis, N. sp. (31141) N. sp. (31127 31132 31138 31142 31144) N. sp., N. vittata (31148 31156)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Xinjiang) N. sp. 1 (29653 29720)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30601 30603) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4, N. sp. 5 (30390)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom N. vittata (35120)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30663 30706 30707 30708) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30574)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (North Yorkshire) N. vittata (165588)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) N. major, N. vittata (24235)
Middle Aalenian - Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) N. vittata (24262)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Uzbekistan N. sp. 1 (30977)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30453)
Aalenian - Bathonian174.7 - 165.3Uzbekistan N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3 (30967)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Iran N. sp. 1 (30185)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Kazakhstan N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30229)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Uzbekistan N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30966)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30590)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Gansu) N. sp. 1 (29672)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1India N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30127)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom N. vittata, N. major (35122)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Georgia N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30119)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30668)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) N. vittata (21106 21107 24277 24279 24280 24281 24283)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Norway N. norvegicus (31063)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) N. major, N. pristis, N. vittata (24264) N. pristis (24263)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30452)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian168.6 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) N. vittata (24273 24274)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Georgia N. sp. 1 (30106 30123) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4 (30105 30124)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Uzbekistan N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4, N. sp. 5 (30971)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Ukraine N. sp. 1 (30963)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Georgia N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2 (30113) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3 (30112) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4 (30111) N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4, N. sp. 5, N. sp. 6 (30109)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Russian Federation N. sp. 1, N. sp. 2, N. sp. 3, N. sp. 4, N. sp. 5, N. sp. 6 (30838)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Georgia N. sp. 1 (30104)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Colombia N. sp. 1 (30100)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Norway N. sp. (31086)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30597)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Russian Federation N. sp. 1 (30676 30677)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) N. variabilis (32378)