Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 (clubmoss)

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales

Synonym: Neoraistrickia equalis Blackhouse 1988

Belongs to Ceratosporites according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also Baldoni 1992, Barreda et al. 2012, Clyde et al. 2014, Mohr and Gee 1992, Perez Loinaze et al. 2025, Povilauskas 2017, Povilauskas et al. 2008, Santamarina et al. 2020, Stiles et al. 2020, Vallati et al. 2016, Vallati et al. 2020 and Vera et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Ceratosporites distalgranulatus, Ceratosporites helidonensis, Ceratosporites kutchensis, Ceratosporites parvus, Ceratosporites setosus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (16 collections)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (14), Argentina (41), Australia (28), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (2)

Total: 103 collections each including a single occurrence

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