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Cooksonites

Taxonomy
Cooksonites was named by Pocock (1962). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cooksonites Pocock
1976Cooksonites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusCooksonitesPocock 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. †Cooksonites Pocock 1962
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Cooksonites minor Venkatachala 1968
Cooksonites variabilis Pocock 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Santonian or 129.40000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) C. minor (32379)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal C. variabilis (73324)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt (north Western Desert) C. sp. (140379)