Parent taxon: Bryophyta according to M. E. Dettmann 1963
Sister taxa: Anapiculatisporites, Annulispora, Bryophytina, Bryopsida, Calymperaceae, Capsulites, Cingutriletes, Couperisporites, Cryptothecium, Dicranales, Emphanisporites, Hepaticae, Hypnites, Interulobites, Lejeunites, Musci, Nagpurites, Neocalliergon, Nevesisporites, Palaeohypnum, Palaeothecium, Protosphagnum, Radulites, Rogalskaisporites, Sphagnaceae, Sphagnophyllites, Sporogonites, Staplinisporites, Taurocusporites, Yorekiella
Subtaxa: Coptospora archangelskyi Coptospora foveolata Coptospora kutchensis Coptospora microgranulosa Coptospora paradoxa Coptospora striata Coptospora verrucosa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (8), Australia (15), India (1), Sudan (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of India (4)
Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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