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Morrisia

Taxonomy
Morrisia was named by Bose (1959). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Morrisia Bose
1970Morrisia Andrews
1976Morrisia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Morrisia Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
genusMorrisiaBose 1959

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. †Morrisia Bose 1959
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†Morrisia dentata Rao and Jacob 1957
†Morrisia mcclellandi Oldham and Morris 1863
†Morrisia rajmahalensis Feistmantel 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Angiopteridium mcclellandi (224604 224896) M. rajmahalensis (224645)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Angiopteridium mcclellandi (224646) M. dentata (224716) Taeniopteris macclellandi (225841)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Danaeopsis rajmahalensis (224706) M. mcclellandii (224607) M. rajmahalensis (224762) M. rajmahalensis, Stangerites spatulata (224678) Stangerites mcclellandi, M. rajmahalensis (224686) Stangerites mcclellandi, Stangerites spatulata (224718) Taeniopteris dentata, Stangerites spatulata (224876) Taeniopteris ensis (224694 224764 224768 224958)