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Decussosporites

Taxonomy
Decussosporites was named by Brenner (1963). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Decussosporites microreliculatus.

It was assigned to Coniferales by Brenner (1963); to Gymnospermophyta by Pedersen et al. (2009); and to Spermatophyta by Friis et al. (2022).

Species
D. microreliculatus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2015-10-11; modified by M. Carrano on 2023-02-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Decussosporites Brenner p. 85
2009Decussosporites Pedersen et al.
2022Decussosporites Friis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
Radiatopses
Lignophytia
Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
genusDecussosporites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Decussosporites Brenner 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available