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Cyatheacidites

Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Cyatheacidites was named by Potonié (1956). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Cyatheales by Potonié (1956); to Lophosoriaceae by Santamarina et al. (2020); and to Dicksoniaceae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Cyatheacidites Potonié
2020Cyatheacidites Santamarina et al. p. 53
2023Cyatheacidites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
genusCyatheaciditesPotonié 1956

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. †Cyatheacidites Potonié 1956
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†Cyatheacidites annulata Cookson 1947
†Cyatheacidites annulatus Cookson 1947
†Cyatheacidites botuliformis Dettmann 1986
†Cyatheacidites granulosus Singh et al. 1964
†Cyatheacidites pulcher Potonié and Sah 1960
†Cyatheacidites tectifera Archangelsky and Gamerro 1965
†Cyatheacidites verrucosus Singh et al. 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Spore diameter20.0470.0410.0550.0480.010

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 122.46000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) C. sp. (224609)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Antarctica (Antarctic peninsula) C. annulatus (172746)
Barremian - Santonian129.4 - 83.6Antarctica C. annulatus (153420)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. tectifera (149982 150335)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Antarctica (Byers Peninsula) C. annulatus (151291)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. tectifera (149849 149850)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp., C. tectifera (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp., C. tectifera (149927)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) C. granulosus, C. verrucosus (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica C. annulatus, C. archangelskii (153429) C. annulatus, C. archangelskii, C. botuliformis (153431 153432)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica C. annulatus (153421 153423)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. 1, C. tectifera (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica C. annulatus, C. archangelskii, C. botuliformis (153430)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica C. annulatus (153426) C. annulatus, C. archangelskii (153428)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica C. annulatus (169324 169325 169326)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica C. annulatus (169329 169330 169331 169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica C. annulatus (169354) C. annulatus, C. archangelskii (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica C. annulatus, C. archangelskii (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica C. annulatus, C. archangelskii, C. botuliformis (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) C. annulatus (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica C. sp. (150271)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. annulatus (234761)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. annulatus (149815 150882 151446 151452)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica C. annulatus, C. archangelskii (75458)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. annulatus (206968)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) C. annulata (167921 167922) C. annulatus (151453 151454 151455 151456 151460 151463)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. annulatus (167469)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) C. annulata (136554)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. annulatus (167895 167896 167897 167899 167900)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.2 - 23.03Chile (Doceava Región) C. annulatus (151436)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) C. annulatus (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) C. annulatus (169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. annulatus (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. annulatus (142322 142323 142324)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) C. annulatus (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) C. annulatus (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) C. annulatus (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina C. annulatus (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) C. annulatus (166708)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) C. annulatus (224044)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Kerala) C. pulcher (224707)