Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
Synonym: Araucariacites ghuneriensis Singh et al. 1964 [objective synonym]
Full reference: I. C. Cookson. 1947. Plant microfossils from the lignites of Kerguelen Archipielago. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929/1931 2:127-142
Belongs to Araucariacites according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Barreda and Palamarczuk 2000, De Benedetti et al. 2023, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Vallati et al. 2016, Vallati et al. 2020, Venkatachala 1968, Vera et al. 2022 and Vijaya and Bhattacharji 2002
Sister taxa: Araucariacites cooksonii, Araucariacites fissus, Araucariacites ghoshii, Araucariacites guianensis, Araucariacites hungaricus, Araucariacites indicus, Araucariacites limbatus, Araucariacites pergranulatus
Average measurements (in mm): Pollen grain diameter 0.065
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Atlantic (2 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (16)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (6), Australia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (3), Australia (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (4), Australia (9)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), New Zealand (7)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (12), Argentina (22), Australia (18), Brazil (134), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (9), Colombia (15), Cote D'Ivoire (3), Egypt (47), France (2), Ghana (1), India (3), Israel (8), Jordan (10), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Nigeria (8), Peru (1), Romania (1), Senegal (4), South Sudan (16), Spain (1), Sudan (30), United States (2: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1), India (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (5), Egypt (5), France (3), India (5), Morocco (1), Tanzania (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Triassic of India (1)
Total: 438 collections including 439 occurrences
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