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Rissikia

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Rissikia was named by Townrow (1967). It is not extant. Its type is Rissikia media.

It was assigned to Podocarpaceae by Blazer (1975), Holmes (1982) and Nielsen (2005).

Species
R. media (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rissikia Townrow
1975Rissikia Blazer
1982Rissikia Holmes
2005Rissikia Nielsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusRissikiaTownrow 1967

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. †Rissikia Townrow 1967
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Rissikia media Tenison-Woods 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Tithonian or 247.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) R. media (207608)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) R. sp. 1 (29423)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) R. sp. 1 (29421)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) R. sp. (23086 23133 23134 23143 23170 23259)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile R. media (201290)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Free State) R. sp. (23095)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa R. sp. (23084)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) R. sp. (23002)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Mendoza) R. media (210079)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) R. sp. (23127 23264)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) R. sp. (23003 23015 23069 23070)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Antarctica R. sp. 1 (29364)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Australia (New South Wales) Taxites planus (29461)