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Cycadeoidea excelsa

Bennettitales - Bennettitaceae

Taxonomy
Cycadeoidea excelsa was named by Ward (1898). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hot Springs, which is in a Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Cretaceous Formation of South Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. insolita, C. McBridei, C. Wellsii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Cycadeoidea excelsa Ward
1919Cycadeoidea excelsa Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
RankNameAuthor
familyBennettitaceae
genusCycadeoideaBuckland 1828
speciesexcelsaWard 1898

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.

†Cycadeoidea excelsa Ward 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available