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Araucariacites australis

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Taxonomy
Araucariacites australis was named by Cookson (1947). It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. europaeus, A. hungarica

Synonyms
  • Araucariacites ghuneriensis was named by Singh et al. (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ghuneri, Kutch, which is in a Cretaceous marginal marine horizon in the Bhuj Formation of India.

    It was synonymized objectively with Araucariacites australis by Maheshwari (1974).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Araucariacites australis Cookson
1964Araucariacites ghuneriensis Singh et al.
1968Araucariacites australis Venkatachala
1976Araucariacites australis Lakhanpal et al.
1976Araucariacites ghuneriensis Lakhanpal et al.
1988Araucariacites australis Papú et al. p. 78
1990Araucariacites australis Papu
1992Araucariacites australis Baldoni p. 119
2003Araucariacites australis Archangelsky and Zamaloa
2012Araucariacites australis Barreda et al.
2016Araucariacites australis Povilauskas p. 83
2016Araucariacites australis Vallati et al. p. 498
2020Araucariacites australis Santamarina et al. p. 53
2020Araucariacites australis Vallati et al. p. 5
2021Araucariacites australis Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2022Araucariacites australis Vera et al.
2023Araucariacites australis De Benedetti et al. p. 4
2023Araucariacites australis 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
speciesaustralis

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.

†Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
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Invalid names: Araucariacites ghuneriensis Singh et al. 1964 [objective 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 (492 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Madhya Pradesh) Araucariacites australis (30132)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Neuquén) Araucariacites australis (151447 151448)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Argentina (Neuquen) Araucariacites australis (151449)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Argentina (Neuquén) Araucariacites australis (151450)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Neuquén) Araucariacites australis (151451)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) Araucariacites australis (139303)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) Araucariacites australis (176120)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Araucariacites australis (241481)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Araucariacites australis (31317 31319)
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.2 - 154.8Egypt (Western Desert) Araucariacites australis (139310 139312 139313 139315 139317)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) Araucariacites australis (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) Araucariacites australis (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (Southland) Araucariacites australis (169981)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Araucariacites australis (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene27.3 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Araucariacites australis (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina Araucariacites australis (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Araucariacites australis (169382)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) Araucariacites australis (168989 168992 168993 168994 168995 168996 168997 168998 168999 169000 169001 169002 169003 169004 169005)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) Araucariacites australis (224044)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Araucariacites australis (169355 169356)