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Bennetticarpus oxylepidus

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Bennetticarpus oxylepidus was named by Harris (1932) [selected as type species of Bennetticarpus by Andrews 1970, p. 34.]. It is the type species of Bennetticarpus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. exiguus
Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2004-01-04; modified by J. Cassara on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Bennetticarpus oxylepidus Harris

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusBennetticarpusHarris 1932
speciesoxylepidusHarris 1932

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available