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Pterophyllum morrisianum

Bennettitales

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

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Pterophyllum falconerianum Morris
1863Pterophyllum carterianum Oldham
1863Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham
1920Nilssonia morrisiana Seward and Sahni
1976Pterophyllum carterianum Lakhanpal et al.
1976Pterophyllum falconerianum Lakhanpal et al.
1976Pterophyllum morrisianum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Pterophyllum morrisianum Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusPterophyllumBrongniart 1828
speciesmorrisianumOldham 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.

†Pterophyllum morrisianum Oldham 1863
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Invalid names: Pterophyllum carterianum Oldham 1863 [synonym], Pterophyllum falconerianum Morris 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Mexico (Oaxaca) Nilssonia morrisiana (24729)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Nilssonia morrisiana (224607 224679 224706 225286) Pterophyllum carterianum, Pterophyllum falconerianum, Pterophyllum morrisianum, Pterophyllum propinquum (type locality: 224686)