†Herkosporites Stover and Partridge 1973 (spikemoss)
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Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Parent taxon: Selaginellaceae according to L. E. Stover and A. D. Partridge 1973
Sister taxa: Antulsporites, Heliosporites, Neoraistrickia, Patellasporites, Perotrilites, Selaginella
Subtaxa: Herkosporites elliottii Herkosporites proxistriatus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (27), Argentina (2), Australia (16)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
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