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Osmundacaulis rajmahalense

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Osmundites rajmahalense was named by Gupta (1970). It is not extant. Its type locality is Amarjola, Rajmahal Hills, which is in a Jurassic fluvial horizon in the Rajmahal Formation of India.

It was recombined as Osmundacaulis rajmahalense by Sharma (1973) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Osmundites rajmahalense Gupta
1973Osmundacaulis rajmahalense Sharma
1976Osmundites rajmahalense Lakhanpal et al.
1991Osmundacaulis rajmahalense Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusOsmundacaulisMiller 1967
speciesrajmahalense(Gupta 1970)

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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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Osmundites rajmahalense (type locality: 224719)