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Araucariacites

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Araucariacites Cookson
1953Araucariacites Cookson and Couper
2016Araucariacites Vallati et al. p. 498
2020Araucariacites Santamarina et al. p. 53
2020Araucariacites Vallati et al. p. 5
2021Araucariacites Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2022Araucariacites Vera et al.
2023Araucariacites De Benedetti et al. p. 4
2023Araucariacites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusAraucariacitesCookson and Couper 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. †Araucariacites Cookson and Couper 1953
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Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
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Invalid names: Araucariacites ghuneriensis Singh et al. 1964 [objective synonym]
Araucariacites cooksonii Singh et al. 1964
Araucariacites fissus Reiser and Williams 1969
Araucariacites ghoshii Srivastava 1966
Araucariacites guianensis Van der Hammen and Burger 1966
Araucariacites indicus Sukh-Dev 1961
Araucariacites pergranulatus Volkheimer 1968
Invalid names: Granulonapites Cookson [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Pollen grain diameter10.065

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Middle Miocene or 251.90200 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (562 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Madhya Pradesh) A. australis (30132)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7India (Rajasthan) A. ghoshii (226933)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Norway A. sp. (33537)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Neuquén) A. australis, A. fissus (151447) A. australis, A. pergranulatus (151448)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Argentina (Neuquen) A. australis (151449)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Argentina (Neuquén) A. australis (151450)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Neuquén) A. sp., A. australis (151451)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) A. sp., A. australis (139303)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) A. australis (176120)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France A. australis (31317 31319)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) A. australis (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) A. australis (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (Southland) A. australis (169981)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene27.3 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) A. australis (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina A. australis (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) A. australis (169382)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) A. australis (224044)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) A. australis (168989 168992 168993 168994 168995 168996 168997 168998 168999 169000 169001 169002 169003 169004 169005)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) A. sp. (144210)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) A. australis (169355 169356)