Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963 (clubmoss)

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales

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

See also Barreda et al. 2012, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Perez Loinaze et al. 2025, Santamarina et al. 2020 and Venkatachala 1968

Sister taxa: Densoisporites contactus, Densoisporites corrugatus, Densoisporites dettmannae, Densoisporites laevigatus, Densoisporites mesozoicus, Densoisporites microrugulatus, Densoisporites perinatus, Densoisporites triradiatus

Type specimen: Spores, a plant debris (Spore)

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (31), Argentina (39), Australia (2), Egypt (1), India (2)

• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 79 collections each including a single occurrence

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