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Biretisporites

Polypodiopsida

Taxonomy
Biretisporites was named by Delcourt et al. (1963). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Pteridaceae by Vallati et al. (2020); to Hymenophyllaceae by Santamarina et al. (2020); to Schizaeaceae by Delcourt et al. (1963), Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo (2021); and to Polypodiopsida by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Biretisporites Delcourt et al.
2020Biretisporites Santamarina et al. p. 53
2020Biretisporites Vallati et al. p. 5
2021Biretisporites Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2023Biretisporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
genusBiretisporitesDelcourt et al. 1963

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. †Biretisporites Delcourt et al. 1963
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†Biretisporites bellus Sah and Kar 1969
†Biretisporites convexus Sah and Kar 1969
†Biretisporites crassilabratus Archangelsky 1972
†Biretisporites deltoidus Dettmann 1963
†Biretisporites eneabbaensis Blackhouse 1978
†Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
†Biretisporites potoniei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
†Biretisporites spectabilis Dettmann 1963
†Biretisporites triglobosus Sah and Dutta 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Spore diameter10.041

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 251.90200 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (174 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (West Bengal) B. sp. (225064)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp., B. potoniaei (139303)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) B. sp. (241482) B. sp., B. eneabbaensis (241481)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) B. convexus (227049) B. potoniaei (225331 227057)
Middle Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi Region) B. spp. (142755)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) B. sp. (224625)
Neocomian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Sudan (South Kurdufan) B. potoniei (172846)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) B. crassilabratus (150032) B. sp. A (150017)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (139319 139323) B. sp., B. potoniaei (139324)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) B. aegyptiaca, B. sp. (139500) B. aegyptiaca, B. sp., B. potoniaei (139499) B. sp. (139493 139494 139497 139498) B. sp., B. potoniaei (139495 139496 139501)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal B. potoniai (73549)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Nei Mongol) B. sp. (46976)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Israel (Negev) B. sp. C (140290)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Sudan (West Kurdufan) B. potonie (145173 145174 145178)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Chile (Doceava Región) B. potonieai (150023)
Barremian - Santonian125.77 - 83.6Antarctica B. sp. A (153420)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) B. deltoidus (194481)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (142198 142199 142200)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal B. potoniai (73548 73577 73580 73582)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. A (150335) B. sp. A, B. sp. B, B. sp. C, B. potoniaei (150185)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Sudan (South Kurdufan) B. potoniei (145154)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Sudan (West Kurdufan) B. potonie (145163 145164)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) B. potoniei (144299)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. potoniei (149927)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) B. potoniaei (150515)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) B. spectabilis (32378)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) B. potoniaei, B. spectabilis (68965)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp., B. potoniaei (144966)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (149746)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) B. potoniaei (164524)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica B. sp. A (153429 153432)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (142204 142205)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp., B. potoniei (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica B. sp. A (153430)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (139325) B. sp., B. potoniaei (139332)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) B. spectabilis (163481 163482 163483 163484 163506 163508 163511 163513 163514 163515)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (142206 142207)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) B. potoniei (176637)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Mendoza) B. sp. (149812)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) B. potoniaei (142208)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan B. potoniaei (199986) B. sp. (199985)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan B. potoniei (200008)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) B. crassilabratus (195707)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Salzkammergut) B. sp. (142308)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Australia (Northern Territory) B. spectabilis (163516)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica B. spectabilis (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica B. sp. A (153425)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) B. deltoideus (73891)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica B. sp. A (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) B. crassilabratus (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) B. sp. (150621)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) B. sp. (241237)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica B. sp. (150237)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (231735 231738 231740) B. sp. 2 (231737 231742)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) B. potoniaei (163322)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) B. sp. (238219 238220 238221 238222 238224 238227 238240 241095)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) B. spp., B. potoniaei (235468)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (151452 234014)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) B. potoniaei (224902)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. crassilabratus (168710 234760 234761 240044 240045 240056) B. potoniaei (239937 239938 240032 240033 240036 240037 240038 240039) B. sp. 1 (240048) B. sp. 1, B. crassilabratus (168708 240042 240046 240527) B. sp. III, B. crassilabratus (240049)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (150882) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2, B. crassilabratus (199410 239891)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) B. potoniaei (235479)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (151457 152264) B. sp. 2, B. crassilabratus (239892) B. sp. A (167921) B. sp. B (167922)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. crassilabratus (149973 240053 240083 240085 240089 240438 240526 240545 240547 240548) B. sp. 1 (240051 240080 240081 240086) B. sp. 1, B. crassilabratus (240087 240525) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2, B. crassilabratus (149975) B. sp. III, B. crassilabratus (240050)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Buenos Aires) B. sp. 1 (168421 168422 168424)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) B. triglobosus (224683 224708)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. crassilabratus (167900 167902) B. sp. I, B. crassilabratus (167897 167898 167899 167903) B. sp. III, B. crassilabratus (167895)
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) B. crassilabratus (241270)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) B. crassilabratus (143211 143212 143213)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina B. crassilabratus (169468)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Argentina (San Juan) B. sp. (144061)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) B. sp., B. potoniaei (137142)