Parent taxon: Bryophyta according to Puebla et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Anapiculatisporites, Annulispora, Bryophytina, Bryopsida, Calymperaceae, Capsulites, Cingutriletes, Coptospora, Couperisporites, Cryptothecium, Dicranales, Emphanisporites, Hepaticae, Hypnites, Interulobites, Lejeunites, Musci, Nagpurites, Neocalliergon, Nevesisporites, Palaeohypnum, Palaeothecium, Protosphagnum, Radulites, Rogalskaisporites, Sphagnaceae, Sphagnophyllites, Sporogonites, Taurocusporites, Yorekiella
Subtaxa: Staplinisporites areolatus Staplinisporites caminus Staplinisporites manifestus Staplinisporites mathurii Staplinisporites telatus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Argentina (17), Chile (3), India (4), Libya (1), Portugal (5), Sudan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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