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Penicillites

Taxonomy
Penicillites was named by Meschinelli (1892). It is not extant. Its type is Penicillites curtipes.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. curtipes (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Penicillites Meschinelli
1970Penicillites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusPenicillitesMeschinelli 1892

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. †Penicillites Meschinelli 1892
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†Penicillites curtipes Berkeley 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available