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Retinosporites

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Retinosporites was named by Holden (1915). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachypteris by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

It was assigned to Coniferophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Coniferales by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Retinosporites Holden
1970Retinosporites Andrews
1991Retinosporites Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
genusRetinosporitesHolden 1915

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. †Retinosporites Holden 1915
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Retinosporites indica Oldham and Morris 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 252.17000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation R. sp. 1 (30484)
Jurassic201.3 - 145.0India (Telangana) R. indica (224758)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) R. indica (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India (Odisha) R. sp. (224693)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous163.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) R. indica (224642)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) R. indica (32378)