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Morrisia mcclellandi

Taxonomy
Stangerites mcclellandi was named by Oldham and Morris (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bindraban, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in India.

It was recombined as Angiopteridium mcclellandi by Schimper (1819); it was recombined as Taeniopteris mcclellandi by Sahni and Rao (1933); it was recombined as Morrisia mcclellandi by Bose (1959); it was recombined as Morrisia mcclellandii by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Angiopteridium mcclellandi Schimper
1863Stangerites mcclellandi Oldham and Morris
1933Taeniopteris mcclellandi Sahni and Rao
1959Morrisia mcclellandi Bose
1976Morrisia mcclellandii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
genusMorrisiaBose 1959
speciesmcclellandi(Oldham and Morris 1863)

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.

†Morrisia mcclellandi Oldham and Morris 1863
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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 (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Angiopteridium mcclellandi (224604 224896)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Morrisia mcclellandii (224607) Stangerites mcclellandi (224686 224718)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Angiopteridium mcclellandi (224646)