Minerisporites aequatus Villar de Seoane and Archangelsky 2008 (clubmoss)

Lycopodiopsida - Isoetales

Equatorial diameter, 250 (370) 520 mm; length of trilete branches, 223 (270) 298 mm; height of auriculae, 34 (40) 51 mm; width of zona, 21 (25) 29 mm.

Full reference: L. Villar de Seoane and S. Archangelsky. 2008. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Cretaceous megaspores from Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29:354-372

Belongs to Minerisporites according to L. Villar de Seoane and S. Archangelsky 2008

Sister taxa: Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites cutchensis, Minerisporites laceratus, Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites mesosporeoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bajo de La ComisiĆ³n, which is in an Albian delta plain sandstone/shale in the Kachaike Formation of Argentina

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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