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Hemitelia pinnata

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy
Hemitelia pinnata was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is UCMP Paleobotany 2145 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. branneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Hemitelia pinnata MacGinitie pp. 97 - 98 figs. Plate 10, figure 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCyathealesPryor et al. 1995
familyCyatheaceaeKaulfuss 1827
genusHemiteliaSmith 1793
speciespinnata

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.

†Hemitelia pinnata MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available