Parent taxon: Pteridopsida according to S. Archangelsky 1973
See also Povilauskas et al. 2008 and Santamarina et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Achradosporis, Apiculatasporites, Chelepteris, Choffatia, Cingulatisporites, Clavatisporites, Clavatriletes, Cyathidites, Deltoidospora, Echinatisporis, Foveasporis, Granulatisporites, Grapnelispora, Interlobulites, Ischyosporites, Kirchheimerisporites, Leiotriletes, Lepidodendrites, Monolites, Osmundacidites, Pteridacidites, Scabramonoletes, Todisporites, Triletes, Triloboxylon, Waltzispora, Ophioglossidae, Lygodiidites, Lygodioisporites, Cheiropleuriaceae, Monachosoraceae, Reticuloidosporites, Kyrtomisporis, Polypodiaceoisporites, Striatella, Crassoretitriletes, Lametatriletes, Magnastriatites, Lophosoriaceae, Marsileales, Capsispora, Vittariaceae, Psilotidae, Hymenophyllopsidaceae
Subtaxa: Matonisporites cooksonae Matonisporites cooksoniae Matonisporites cooksonii Matonisporites crassiangulatus Matonisporites equiexinus Matonisporites excavatus Matonisporites kutchensis Matonisporites ornamentalis Matonisporites phlebopteroides Matonisporites silvai Matonisporites simplex
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (5), Australia (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (7), Australia (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (11), Australia (8), Brazil (29), Cote D'Ivoire (2), Egypt (7), India (1), Israel (4), Jordan (10), Morocco (1), Nigeria (1), North Atlantic (5), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Senegal (1), Spain (1), Sudan (6), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), India (3), Montenegro (1), Pakistan (1)
• Permian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 128 collections including 141 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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