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Otozamites
Taxonomy
Otozamites was named by Braun (1843). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cycadaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Cycadophyta by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Bennettitales by Kimura and Kim (1988), Chandra and Tewari (1991) and Watson and Sincock (1992).
It was assigned to Cycadaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Cycadophyta by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Bennettitales by Kimura and Kim (1988), Chandra and Tewari (1991) and Watson and Sincock (1992).
Species
O. acutifolius, O. angustatus, O. archangelskyi, O. bengalensis (syn. O. abbreviatus), O. bornholmensis, O. brevifolius, O. carolinensis (syn. Albertia latifolia), O. exhislopi, O. giganteus, O. gondwanensis, O. hislopii, O. imbricatus (syn. O. oldhami), O. kachchhensis, O. latior, O. macombii, O. micrauritus, O. obtusus, O. oregonensis, O. parallelus, O. patagonicus, O. pterophylloides, O. vemavaramensis, O. walkamotaensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Otopteris Lindley and Hutton |
| 1843 | Otozamites Braun |
| 1919 | Otozamites Knowlton |
| 1976 | Otozamites Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1988 | Otozamites Kimura and Kim |
| 1991 | Otozamites Chandra and Tewari |
| 1992 | Otozamites Watson and Sincock |
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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. †Otozamites Braun 1843
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†Otozamites acutifolius Feistmantel 1879
†Otozamites angustatus Feistmantel 1877
†Otozamites archangelskyi Baldoni and Taylor 1983
†Otozamites bengalensis Oldham 1863
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Invalid names: Otozamites abbreviatus Feistmantel 1877 [synonym]
†Otozamites bornholmensis Möller 1902
†Otozamites brevifolius Braun 1843
†Otozamites carolinensis Fontaine 1883
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Invalid names: Albertia latifolia Emmons 1857 [replaced]
†Otozamites exhislopi Bose 1974
†Otozamites giganteus Thomas 1911
†Otozamites gondwanensis Bose 1974
†Otozamites hislopii Oldham 1877
†Otozamites imbricatus Feistmantel 1876
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Invalid names: Otozamites oldhami Feistmantel 1877 [synonym]
†Otozamites kachchhensis Bose and Banerji 1984
†Otozamites latior Saporta 1873
†Otozamites macombii Newberry 1859
†Otozamites micrauritus Kimura and Kim 1988
†Otozamites obtusus Lindley and Hutton 1834
†Otozamites oregonensis Fontaine 1905
†Otozamites parallelus Feistmantel 1879
†Otozamites patagonicus Villar de Seoane 2001
†Otozamites pterophylloides Brongniart 1870
†Otozamites vemavaramensis Bose and Jain 1967
†Otozamites walkamotaensis Bose and Zeba-Bano 1981
Invalid names: Otopteris Lindley and Hutton 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 252.17000 to 109.00000 Ma
Collections (255 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Triassic | Germany | O. vogesiacus (24731) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Tajikistan | O. sp. 1 (30902) | |
| Carnian | China (Hubei) | O. sp. 1 (29881) | |
| Carnian | USA (North Carolina) | O. powelli, O. hespera (24499) O. sp. (24601) | |
| Carnian | Malaysia | O. sp. 1 (30290) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | USA (New Mexico) | O. powelli, O. macombii (24604) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | South Korea | O. micrauritus (207738) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | China (Xizang) | O. sp. 1 (30039) | |
| Carnian - Rhaetian | Iran | O. sp. 1 (30192) | |
| Carnian - Rhaetian | South Korea | O. sp. 1 (30264 30265) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Canada (British Columbia) | O. sp. (31384) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Tamil Nadu) | O. goldlaei (229200) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | O. archangelskyi (20926) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Telangana) | O. goldlaei (229186) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | South Africa | O. sp. (82627) | |
| Hauterivian | Portugal | O. obidosensis (73497) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | O. archangelskyi, O. patagonicus (153088) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | India (Gujarat) | O. imbricatus (32378) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian | Ecuador (Loja) | O. peruvianus (32488) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian | Ecuador (El Oro) | O. peruvianus (32482) | |