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Cyathidites australis

Pteridopsida

Taxonomy
Cyathidites australis was named by Couper (1953). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. diaphana, C. palaeospora, C. porospora, C. splendens, C. subtilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cyathidites australis Couper
1968Cyathidites australis Venkatachala
1976Cyathidites australis Lakhanpal et al.
2012Cyathidites australis Barreda et al.
2022Cyathidites australis Vera et al.
2023Cyathidites australis Perez Loinaze et al.
2024Cyathidites australis De Benedetti et al. p. 5 figs. Plate VI, 15
2025Cyathidites australis Perez Loinaze et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPteridopsidaRitgen 1828
RankNameAuthor
genusCyathiditesCouper 1953
speciesaustralisCouper 1953

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.

†Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 168.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (226 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Cyathidites australis (241481 241482)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Cyathidites australis (224785 225331 227049 227057 227058)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Cyathidites australis (224642)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Egypt (Sinai) Cyathidites australis (140636)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Antarctica Cyathidites australis (150877 150878)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Cyathidites australis (73496)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144964)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Cyathidites australis (45193)
Barremian - Santonian125.77 - 83.6Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153420)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (149982)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) Cyathidites australis (194481)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (149850)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144965)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) Cyathidites australis (150515)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (149927)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) Cyathidites australis (68965)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Cyathidites australis (32378)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144966)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Cyathidites australis (164488 164489 164490 164522 164523 164524 164525 164526 164527 164528 164529 164530)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153429 153431 153432)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9North Atlantic Cyathidites australis (142271 142272 142273 142274 142275)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144954)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153421 153422 153423)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9North Atlantic Cyathidites australis (140569)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (149928)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144956 144957)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Cyathidites australis (163896 163897 163898 163899 163900 163901 163902)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153430)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian110.1 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144955)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144958)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Cyathidites australis (163481 163482 163483 163484 163505 163506 163507 163509 163511 163512 163514 163515)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153426 153428)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) Cyathidites australis (34141)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) Cyathidites australis (163584)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) Cyathidites australis (144959 144960)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Ghana Cyathidites australis (142223 142227 142228 142234 142240 142241)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Mendoza) Cyathidites australis (149812)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan Cyathidites australis (199983 199984 199989)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan Cyathidites australis (200005 200006 200009 200016 200017 200020 200023 200024 200025 200034 200035)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Cyathidites australis (224605)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Cyathidites australis (170893)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Australia (Northern Territory) Cyathidites australis (163516 163819)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica Cyathidites australis (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153425)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cyathidites australis (207022)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (232635 276762)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cyathidites australis (22655 22659 36264 55352)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Cyathidites australis (150182)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Cyathidites australis (71073)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Nigeria (Gombe) Cyathidites australis (163728)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cyathidites australis (167585 167587)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.6 - 61.66Antarctica Cyathidites australis (167588)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Cyathidites australis (67818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (206968 231725 231737 231738 231739 231740 231741 231742 231743 231744 231745 231746 231747 231748 231749 231750 240579 240581 240582 240583)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Cyathidites australis (166184)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cyathidites australis (149815 151446 151452)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Cyathidites australis (27014 122240)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Cyathidites australis (238219 238220 238221 238222 238224 238225 238226 238232 238233 238238 238240)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Cyathidites australis (199410 239890 239891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (240042 240045 240047 240048 240049 240054 240056 240527 240528 240529)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cyathidites australis (84455)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Cyathidites australis (153424)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Cyathidites australis (195706)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Cyathidites australis (195707)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Cyathidites australis (151453 151454 151455 151456 151457 151458 151459 151460 151461 151462 151463 239892)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cyathidites australis (149973 149975 240050 240051 240053 240080 240085 240086 240087 240088 240089 240438 240526 240545 240546 240547 240548)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Nei Mongol) Cyathidites australis (71074)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) Cyathidites australis (224682)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) Cyathidites australis (167491 167506 167514 167515)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) Cyathidites australis (166832)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) Cyathidites australis (168989 168993 168994 168995 168996 168997 168998 168999 169000 169001 169003 169004 169005)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Cyathidites australis (169355)