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Minerisporites richardsoni

Lycopodiopsida - Isoetales

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderIsoetales
genusMinerisporitesPotonie 1956

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Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 170.90000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (208 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Denmark (Capital) Minerisporites richardsonii, Minerisporites sp. (33543)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Denmark (Bornholm Island) Minerisporites marginatus (33554)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Denmark (Bornholm Island) Minerisporites marginatus (33553)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Australia (Victoria) Minerisporites laceratus (33797) Minerisporites patagonicus (33743 33803 33926 33928 33942 33943) Minerisporites patagonicus, Minerisporites laceratus (33726 33795 33913 33914)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Orissa) Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites reticulatus (43674)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Minerisporites auriculatus (32379 32382 32383 32386) Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites cutchensis (32381) Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites cutchensis, Minerisporites mineri (32384) Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites reticulatus (32385) Minerisporites dharesiensis, Minerisporites mineri, Minerisporites reticulatus (32389)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0United Kingdom (Sussex) Minerisporites alius (32067)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Minerisporites alius (32347)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Minerisporites marginatus (31954 32350)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Poland (Nadle nictwo Klosnowo) Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites richardsoni (33641)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Poland (Czluchow) Minerisporites marginatus (33637)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Canada (Yukon Territories) Minerisporites macroreticulatus (32569)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Canada (Yukon Territory) Minerisporites macroreticulatus (32568)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Minerisporites sp. (45193)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Argentina (Santa Cruz) Minerisporites laceratus (43734)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2China (Mongolia) Minerisporites absonus, Minerisporites elegans (31929) Minerisporites bellus (31890 31920 31930) Minerisporites yiminensis (31919 31922) Minerisporites yiminensis, Minerisporites bellus, Minerisporites absonus (31889 31927)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites marginatus (31578 31585 31587 31664)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites alius (32565) Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites alius, Minerisporites venustus (32566) Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites venustus (32567)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Chubut) Minerisporites cheblii (34049)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Montana) Minerisporites sp. A (21156) Minerisporites sp. A, Minerisporites sp. B (21130) Minerisporites sp. B (21154)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) Minerisporites patagonicus (43865 43867 43869)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Minerisporites auriculatus, Minerisporites cutchensis, Minerisporites mineri, Minerisporites reticulatus, Minerisporites mesosporeoides (32378)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Minerisporites sp., Minerisporites marginatus (32199)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) Minerisporites patagonicus (43895 43898 43899 43905 43908 43911 43913)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Nebraska) Minerisporites dissimilis, Minerisporites sp. B, Minerisporites sp. C (33434)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Minerisporites alius, Minerisporites venustus, Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites sp. (32564)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) Minerisporites alius, Minerisporites borealis, Minerisporites venustus (32588) Minerisporites alius, Minerisporites venustus (32593) Minerisporites borealis, Minerisporites venustus (32595)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Minerisporites patagonicus (44189)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) Minerisporites alius (32584)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Minerisporites aequatus, Minerisporites laceratus (149928)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites venustus (31655)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites macroreticulatus (31645 31647 31648 31661) Minerisporites macroreticulatus, Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites venustus (31663) Minerisporites macroreticulatus, Minerisporites venustus (31649) Minerisporites marginatus (31590) Minerisporites marginatus, Minerisporites venustus (31589) Minerisporites venustus (31593 31594 31644 31646 31650 31657 31658)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) Minerisporites borealis, Minerisporites venustus (32590)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Minerisporites laceratus, Minerisporites aequatus (150201)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Victoria) Minerisporites laceratus (43937 43945) Minerisporites patagonicus (43941)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Minerisporites dissimilis (31680) Minerisporites dissimilis, Minerisporites pterotus (31692)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites dissimilis (31711)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Minerisporites dissimilis (32605 32607 32613 32620 32621 32622 32623 32628 32638 32639 32640 32641 32642 32643 32644 32646 32647 32648 32654 32674 32675 32676 32677 32678 32679 32680 32681 32682 32683 32684 32685 32687 32688 32695) Minerisporites dissimilis, Minerisporites pterotus (32686) Minerisporites marginatus (32604)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) Minerisporites mirabilis (32524)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Minerisporites mirabilis (31943 31945 31950 31951)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites dissimilis (33004 33009 33015 33066 33067)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites dissimilis (31733 31805 31806 31807 31809 31811 31814 31815 31820 31823 31824 31826 31846 31847 31850 31867 31868 31871 31878 31935 31944 31946 31947) Minerisporites dissimilis, Minerisporites pterotus (31734 31803 31804 31810 31813 31817 31819 31822 31825 31849) Minerisporites pterotus (31801 31816 31828 31840 31841 31860 31872 31936) Minerisporites sp. (31808)
Cenomanian - Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Kansas) Minerisporites dissimilis (32655)
Santonian - Coniacian85.7 - 85.7USA (Wyoming) Minerisporites pseudorichardsonii, Minerisporites sp. A (33436)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites borealis (32997) Minerisporites borealis, Minerisporites irregularis (33033) Minerisporites corrugatosus, Minerisporites delicatus (33029) Minerisporites corrugatosus, Minerisporites marginatus (33030) Minerisporites pseudorichardsoni (32998 33000)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Minerisporites pseudorichardsonii (33435)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) Minerisporites irregularis, Minerisporites sp. (32603)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) Minerisporites sp. (32600 32601 32602)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Minerisporites delicatus, Minerisporites irregularis (33056) Minerisporites deltoides (33047) Minerisporites irregularis (33045 33075)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Minerisporites glossoferus (Dijkstra) n. comb. (33433)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Belgium (Leval-Trahegnies) Minerisporites mirabilissimus (34697 34699)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Belgium Minerisporites mirabilissimus (34479)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Eocene59.24 - 33.9Netherlands (Maasniel) Minerisporites mirabilis (34404 34452 34453)