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Plumsteadia

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

Taxonomy
Plumsteadia was named by Rigby (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Plumsteadia microsacca.

It was assigned to Glossopteridaceae by Andrews (1970); to Glossopteridopsida by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Glossopteridales by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species
P. indica, P. lanceolata, P. microsacca (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Plumsteadia Rigby
1970Plumsteadia Andrews
1976Plumsteadia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Plumsteadia Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumPeltaspermophyta
classArberiopsida
orderArberialesMeyen 1982
genusPlumsteadiaRigby 1962

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. †Plumsteadia Rigby 1962
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†Plumsteadia indica Maheshwari 1965
†Plumsteadia lanceolata Srivastava 1978
†Plumsteadia microsacca Rigby 1962
Invalid names: Gonophylloides Maheshwari [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (Jharkhand) P. lanceolata (224700)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Antarctica P. sp. 1 (29352 29360)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman P. sp. (35517)
Wordian - Changhsingian266.9 - 251.902Antarctica P. sp. 1 (29359)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India (Jharkhand) P. sp. (224650)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India P. sp. 1 (30165 30166 30170)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) P. sp. 1 (29456) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3, P. sp. 4, P. sp. 5 (29457)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (West Bengal) Cistella indica (225032)
Wuchiapingian - Griesbachian259.51 - 250.5South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) P. gibbosa (14333 14337)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Australia (Queensland) P. sp. 1 (29453)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) P. gibbosa (14350)