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Pterophyllum rajmahalense

Bennettitales

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

It was recombined as Nilssonia rajmahalensis by Seward and Sahni (1920).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Pterophyllum rajmahalense Morris
1919Pterophyllum rajmahalense Knowlton
1920Nilssonia bindrabunensis Seward and Sahni
1920Nilssonia rajmahalensis Seward and Sahni
1976Nilssonia bindrabunensis Lakhanpal et al.
1976Pterophyllum rajmahalense Lakhanpal et al.
1991Pterophyllum rajmahalense Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusPterophyllumBrongniart 1828
speciesrajmahalenseMorris 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.

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Invalid names: Nilssonia bindrabunensis Seward and Sahni 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 201.40000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7USA (Alaska) Pterophyllum rajmahalense (24779)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Pterophyllum rajmahalense (24725)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Pterophyllum rajmahalense (224678 224706 224719) Pterophyllum rajmahalense, Nilssonia bindrabunensis (type locality: 224686)