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Kankakeea

Taxonomy
Kankakeea was named by Pfefferkorn (1973) [Lesquereux (1870) had orinally named the genus Hymenophyllities, however he applied this name to several totally unrelated fossils. Hymenophllities has been used by other authors for fructifications that have similarities to the extant genus Hymenophyllum. Hymenophylum describes delicate fronds that have little similarity to the structures dealt with in this paper. ]. It is not extant. Its type is Kankakeea grundyi.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Blazer (1975).

Species
K. grundyi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Kankakeea Pfefferkorn pp. 143-151 figs. text fig. 2, pl. 25, 26
1975Kankakeea Blazer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusKankakeea

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. †Kankakeea Pfefferkorn 1973
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†Kankakeea grundyi Pfefferkorn 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available