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Cycadolepis

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Cycadolepis was named by Saporta (1875). It is not extant. Its type is Cycadolepis villosa.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Bennettitales by Chandra and Tewari (1991) and Watson and Sincock (1992).

Species
C. coriacea, C. indica, C. involuta, C. oldhamii, C. pilosa, C. villosa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. wettsteini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cycadolepis Saporta p. 201 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 4
1970Cycadolepis Andrews
1976Cycadolepis Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cycadolepis Chandra and Tewari
1992Cycadolepis Watson and Sincock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusCycadolepisSaporta 1875

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. †Cycadolepis Saporta 1875
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†Cycadolepis coriacea Villar de Seoane 2001
†Cycadolepis indica Gupta 1954
†Cycadolepis involuta Menéndez 1966
†Cycadolepis oldhamii Feistmantel 1877
†Cycadolepis pilosa Feistmantel 1876
†Cycadolepis villosa Saporta 1875
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 Early/Lower Cretaceous or 237.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) C. sp. (25043)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Fujian) C. sp. 1 (29781)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Mexico (Sonora) C. wettsteini (23991 23993 23994 24001 24010 24023 24024 24026 24028 24031 24037 24041 24044 24049 24053 24058 24061 24092)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria C. wettsteinii (24683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) C. sp. (23086 23142 23143)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) C. sp. (23132)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Ukraine C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3, C. sp. 4 (30954)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Fujian) C. sp. 1 (29782)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Ukraine C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (30957) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3, C. sp. 4 (30962)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic208.5 - 174.7United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (24856)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Tajikistan C. sp. 1 (30920)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (46146)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Tajikistan C. sp. 1 (30929)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30390)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian175.6 - 168.4United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (24350)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Nei Mongol) C. sp. 1 (29756)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) C. mexicana (24725 24726)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Qinghai) C. sp. 1 (29658)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Georgia C. sp. 1 (30116)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0India C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (30127)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (24363 24535)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Tajikistan C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (30934)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom C. hypene (35120)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Tajikistan C. sp. 1 (30915)
Aalenian - Bathonian174.1 - 166.1Uzbekistan C. sp. 1 (30967)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Mexico (Oaxaca) C. mexicana (24729)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom C. stenopus, C. nitens (35122)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tajikistan C. sp. 1 (30917)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (England) C. hypene (21106 21110 24281 24331 24332 24335 24341 24342 24344 24345 24346)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Mexico (Oaxaca) C. mexicana (25087)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30452)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Georgia C. sp. 1 (30123 30124) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3 (30115)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Uzbekistan C. sp. 1 (30971)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30773)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Ukraine C. sp. 1 (30961)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Georgia C. sp. 1 (30111 30112) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3 (30109)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Russian Federation C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3 (30838)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France C. pterophylloides (24395)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Georgia C. sp. 1 (30104)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30671)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) C. pilosa (229215)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) C. indica (225029) C. sp. (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) C. indica (224762 224958) C. indica, Cyclopteris oldhami (224686) C. sp. (224706 225504)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) C. sp. 1 (29991)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) C. pilosa (224625) C. sp., C. pilosa (226874)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Peru C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (30362)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Montana) C. spp. (24668)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) C. sp. (11611)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France C. harrisianus, C. pellegrii, C. infundibulum (24428) C. harrisianus, C. pellegrii, C. infundibulum, C. rotundatus, C. gracilis, C. villosa (24422) C. infundibulum, C. gracilis, C. villosa (24434) C. rotundatus, C. villosa (24438) C. villosa (24425 24427 24431 24432 24439)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30676) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (30677)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Chile C. sp. 1 (29506)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) C. pilosa (224877)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. coriacea, C. involuta (153088)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (150880)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. (150632)