Synonym: Apiculatisporites Ibrahim 1933 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Pteridophyta according to Potonié and Kramp 1956
See also Papú 2002
Sister taxa: Acrostichides, Acrostichophyllum, Actinopteris, Actinostelopteris, Agasopteris, Alcicornopteris, Anastomopteris, Aneimidium, Anotopteris, Aphlebiocarpus, Archaeoxylon, Arcyopteris, Aspideae, Aspidioides, Asplenioides, Aspleniopteris, Asterochlaena, Asterochlaenopsis, Aulacopteris, Auritulinasporites, Bachasupteris, Balantites, Bambakia, Baqueroites, Beinertia, Bellopteris, Benizia, Bernoullia, Biarmella, Bockschia, Bonaventurea, Boweria, Brittsia, Cardioangulina, Cardiopteridium, Carolopteris, Catenopteris, Cephalotheca, Chansitheca, Cheiloleptites, Chorionopteris, Chrysodiopteris, Cibotiumspora, Cingulatipollenites, Clavatasporites, Coenopteridales, Comia, Comipteridium, Concavisporites, Converrucosisporites, Crenaticaulis, Cynepteris, Dactylopteris, Dactylotheca, Danaeides, Deccanites, Delgadoa, Desmophlebis, Dicksoniopteris, Dicropteris, Dictyocallipteridium, Didymosorus, Diplasiophyllum, Diplazites, Diplodendron, Diplophacelus, Discopteris, Distichopteris, Doleropteris, Duplexisporites, Dvinopteridium, Dzergalanella, Eboracia, Emplectopteridium, Eodelopterum, Eodelopterum priscum, Eorhachis, Eskdalia, Filices, Filiciphyllum, Filicites, Filicorachionites, Flicheia, Floropteris, Foliopteris, Forbesia, Fortisia, Fortopteris, Foveogleicheniidites, Gellera, Glenopteris, Glockeria, Glossochlamys, Goeppertella, Goeppertia, Grandeurya, Guptiorachis, Gutbieria, Gymnocaulus, Gyropteris, Halopteris, Hawlea, Hemionitites, Heterofilicites, Hymenophyllea, Impardecispora, Iniopteris, Isiolopteris, Jarenga, Johnstonia, Kandyria, Kankakeea, Karinopteris, Katadromopteris, Katasiopteris, Ketovia, Kidstonia, Knorripteris, Konnoa, Leckenbya, Lescuropteris, Listrophyllum, Lobifolia, Lomatopteris, Lonchopteris, Lopinopteris, Loxopteris, Lycopsida, Lygodites, Marattites, Marcouia, Margaritopteris, Marzaria, Medullosites, Megalopteris, Menopteris, Merianopteris, Mesodescolea, Microdictyon, Microfoveolatosporis, Microreticulatisporites, Mixoneura, Monheimia, Monolete, Mundapteris, Muricingulisporis, Murospora, Myriotheca, Naktongia, Neriopteris, Noeggerathia, Noeopteris, Onocleites, Ophioglossites, Osmundia, Osmundophyllum, Otidophyton, Pachyphyllum, Palaeopteris, Parazola, Parkeriaceae, Parkerioidea, Peremopteris, Permopteridium, Peruviophyllum, Phialopteris, Pilosisporites, Plumatopteris, Poacordaites, Polycingulatisporites, Polypodiopsida, Polypodites, Polytheca, Protoblechnum, Psalixochlaena, Pseudadiantites, Pseudocordaites, Pseudodanaeopsis, Pseudorhacopteris, Psilatriletes, Psilotopsida, Pteridites, Pteridoleimma, Pteridopsida, Pteridorachis, Pteridotheca, Pteropsida, Renaultia, Reussia, Rhabdoxylon, Rhachiopteris, Rhacophytales, Rhacopteris, Rhizodendron, Rhizomites, Rhizomites, Rubinella, Ruflorinia, Saadisporites, Saccopteris, Sachalinia, Sacheria, Scapanophyllum, Schizaeites, Schizodendron, Sciadipteris, Sclerophyllina, Scleropteridium, Scleropteris, Scolopendrites, Scortea, Selenochlaena, Shirakia, Silesiopteris, Sitzia, Sitzopteris, Sorocladus, Sphegopteris, Sphenopteridium, Sphyropteris, Stachypteris, Staphylopteris, Steffensia, Stewartiopteris, Stipitopteris, Straelenipteris, Strephopteris, Supaia, Surangea, Sylvia, Sylvopteris, Synia, Taenitites, Tedelea, Teilhardia, Tetraptilon, Tetratmema, Thecopteris, Tietea, Trilobosporites, Trimatopteris, Triplanosporites, Tuberositriletes, Tubicaulidaceae, Tungussopteris, Tuzhykoviella, Ungeria, Uralia, Uralopteris, Vargolopteris, Velosporites, Wingatea, Zalesskyella, Zonopteris, Hydropterangium
Subtaxa: Apiculatisporis babsae Apiculatisporis filiformis Apiculatisporis grandis Apiculatisporis inconspicuus Apiculatisporis novus Apiculatisporis secretus Apiculatisporis weylandii Apiculatisporites asymmetricus Apiculatisporites babsae Apiculatisporites charahuillaensis Apiculatisporites jurassicus Apiculatisporites spiniger Apiculatisporites wonthaggiensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), the Bahamas (5), Egypt (3), Peru (1)
• Jurassic of India (1)
• Triassic of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Hungary (1), India (3), Norway (12)
• Rotliegendes of Norway (7)
• Permian of Canada (2: Nunavut), the Czech Republic (1), India (9), Italy (1), Norway (5)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (19: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of Australia (2)
• Devonian of Australia (9), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the United Kingdom (19), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 110 collections including 133 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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