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Rugulatisporites

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Rugulatisporites was named by Pflug and Thomson (1953). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Osmundaceae by Tryon and Lugardon (1991), Baldoni (1992), Santamarina et al. (2020), Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Rugulatisporites Pflug and Thomson
1991Rugulatisporites Tryon and Lugardon
1992Rugulatisporites Baldoni p. 122
2020Rugulatisporites Santamarina et al. p. 53
2023Rugulatisporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusRugulatisporitesPflug and Thomson 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. †Rugulatisporites Pflug and Thomson 1953
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†Rugulatisporites caperatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
†Rugulatisporites micraulaxus Partridge 1973
†Rugulatisporites neuquenensis Volkheimer 1972
†Rugulatisporites quintus Thomson and Pflug 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 199.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Canada (Nunavut) R. sp. (102065)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Neuquén) R. sp. (151447 151448)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. neuquenensis (149982) R. sp. A, R. sp. B, R. neuquenensis (150335)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. sp. (149849)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica R. neuquensis (153431) R. sp. A, R. neuquensis (153432)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica R. mallatus (153426)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan R. sp. (199980)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) R. mallatus (170892)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan R. sp. (199977)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Antarctica R. mallatus (169329 169330 169331 169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Nigeria (Gombe) R. maculosus (163726)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica R. mallatus (169354)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) R. chubutensis (151452)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Sudan R. sp. (199950)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) R. chubutensis (150882) R. sp. (199410 239891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. sp. (234760 234761) R. sp. 1 (240047 240049 240058) R. sp. 1, R. sp. 2 (240044) R. sp. 2 (240046)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) R. chubutensis (151453 151454 151455 151456 151460 151462 152264) R. sp. (239892)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. micraulaxus (149975) R. neuquenensis (240050) R. sp. 1 (240081 240086 240087) R. sp. 1, R. sp. 2 (240088)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) R. mallatus (167491 167506 167510 167511 167516)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) R. mallatus (166741)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) R. cowrensis (167544)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) R. cowrensis (168993 168998 169000 169001 169002 169004 169005) R. cowrensis, R. mallatus (168994 168999) R. mallatus (168989)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) R. cowrensis, R. trophus, R. mallatus (224044)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) R. caperatus (137142)