Parent taxon: Bryophyta according to Stover 1962
See also Perez Loinaze et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Anapiculatisporites, Annulispora, Bryophytina, Bryopsida, Calymperaceae, Capsulites, Cingutriletes, Coptospora, Couperisporites, Cryptothecium, Dicranales, Emphanisporites, Hepaticae, Hypnites, Interulobites, Lejeunites, Marchantiophytina, Musci, Nagpurites, Neocalliergon, Nevesisporites, Palaeohypnum, Palaeothecium, Protosphagnum, Radulites, Rogalskaisporites, Sphagnaceae, Sphagnophyllites, Sporogonites, Staplinisporites, Yorekiella
Subtaxa: Taurocusporites reduncus Taurocusporites segmentatus Taurocusporites spackmani
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Neogene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (24), Canada (4: Alberta), Egypt (6), India (1), North Atlantic (6), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
• Jurassic of Egypt (2)
Total: 49 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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