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Cycadopites

Taxonomy
Cycadopites was named by Wodehouse (1933) [R.P. Wodehouse, 1933]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Cycadales by Jarzen (1982); and to Cycadophyta by Herbst (1965) and Vallati et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Cycadopites Wodehouse
1965Cycadopites Herbst
1982Cycadopites Jarzen p. 16
2020Cycadopites Vallati et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
genusCycadopitesWodehouse 1933

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. †Cycadopites Wodehouse 1933
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†Cycadopites andrewsii Cornet and Traverse 1975
†Cycadopites coxii Visscher 1966
†Cycadopites crassisulcatus Sah and Jain 1965
†Cycadopites dejerseyi Burger 1996
†Cycadopites deterius Pocock 1970
†Cycadopites dikjstrae Jansonius 1962
†Cycadopites follicularis Wilson and Webster 1946
†Cycadopites formosus Singh 1964
†Cycadopites fragilis Singh 1964
†Cycadopites glottus Wingate 1980
†Cycadopites gracilis Sah and Jain 1965
†Cycadopites granulatus de Jersey 1964
†Cycadopites minimus Singh 1964
†Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
†Cycadopites ovatus Rouse 1959
†Cycadopites punctatus Volkheimer 1968
†Cycadopites sakrigaliensis Sah and Jain 1965
†Cycadopites scabratus Stanley 1965
†Cycadopites stonei Helby 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Rotliegendes to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 283.50000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (315 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Hungary C. coxxi (24460)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Antarctica C. follicularis (31340)
Rotliegendes - Ufimian283.5 - 272.5Norway C. spp. (31347 31370 31374 31375)
Kazanian - Zechstein272.5 - 254.14Norway C. spp. (31349 31352 31376 31386)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Oklahoma) C. spp. (24882)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (27105 27106)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Ireland C. sp. (26319 26320 26352 26353 26376)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Poland C. coxxi (26113)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Poland C. coxxi (26072) C. coxxi (24685 24686 24687 24688 24715 24716 24717 24927 24929 24947 24950 24958 24989 24991 24992 24995 24996 24999 25971 25972 26103 26105 26193 26195 26196) C. coxxi, C. sp. (24993 24994 24997 24998) C. sp. (24990 25884 25889 25890 25891 25969 25970)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (27109)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. follicularis (231725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) C. sp., C. carpentieri, C. follicularis (32522)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (234014)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) C. sp. (224902)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Wyoming) C. follicularis (31296)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (151462 167922) C. spp. (152264)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (232088 232089 232093)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. spp. (168705)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (136554)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (166832)