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Whittleseya

Taxonomy
Whittleseya was named by Newberry (1853). It is not extant. Its type is Whittleseya elegans.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Plantae by Dilcher et al. (2005).

Species
W. elegans (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Whittleseya Newberry
1970Whittleseya Andrews
2005Whittleseya Dilcher et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridospermophyta
genusWhittleseyaNewberry 1853

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. †Whittleseya Newberry 1853
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Whittleseya elegans Newberry 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available