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Undulatisporites

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae

Discussion

Pflug in Thomson and Pflug, 1953

Taxonomy
Undulatisporites was named by Thomson and Pflug (1953). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Undulatisporites microcutis.

It was assigned to Filicopsida by Singh (1971); and to Schizaeaceae by de Lima (1978).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Undulatisporites Thomson and Pflug
1971Undulatisporites Singh
1978Undulatisporites de Lima

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderSchizaeales
familySchizaeaceaeKaulfuss
genusUndulatisporitesThomson and Pflug 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.

G. †Undulatisporites Thomson and Pflug 1953
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Undulatisporites elsikii Frederiksen 1973
Undulatisporites microcutis Thomson and Pflug 1953
Undulatisporites sinuosis Groot and Groot 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 168.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) U. undulatus (139303)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) U. sp. (241481)
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.2 - 154.8Egypt (Western Desert) U. undulatus (139313)
Neocomian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Sudan (South Kurdufan) U. sp. (172866)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) U. undulapolus (45193)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Sudan (South Kurdufan) U. sp. (145154 145161)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9North Atlantic U. sinuosus (142273 142274)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9North Atlantic U. sinuosus (140569)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Morocco (Tarfaya) U. sinuosus (144143)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) U. undulatus (139332)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan U. sp. (200012)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) U. sp. (207022)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) U. sp. (36264 55352) U. sp., U. undulapolus (22655)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica U. sp. (150237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) U. undulapolus (32522)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) U. sinuosis (199410 239891)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) U. sinuosis (239892)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Canada (Manitoba) U. elsikii (232088)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) U. elsikii (233018)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) U. spp. (33762 33806 33828)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) U. elsikii (233006)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) U. concavus (34365)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) U. sp. (137142)