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Lygistepollenites

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Lygistepollenites was named by Harris (1965).

It was assigned to Phyllocladaceae by Jarzen (1982); and to Podocarpaceae by Specht (1992) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Lygistepollenites Harris
1982Lygistepollenites Jarzen p. 16
1992Lygistepollenites Specht
2023Lygistepollenites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusLygistepollenitesHarris 1965

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. †Lygistepollenites Harris 1965
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†Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973
†Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Pollen grain height10.022

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 100.50000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Antarctica (Antarctic peninsula) Lygistepollenites indet. (172746)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica L. florinii, L. balmei (153426)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) L. sp. (195706) L. sp., L. florinii (195707)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica L. balmei (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica L. balmei (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica L. balmei (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) L. sp. (22659)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica L. florinii (168697)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) L. sp. 1, L. florinii (149973)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) L. florinii (31653 151446 151452 199410)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica L. balmei (153424)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) L. florinii (151455 151456 151457 151458 151460 151462 151463 152264)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) L. florinii (168705)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) L. balmei (167504 167506 167508) L. florinii (167490 167515) L. florinii, L. balmei (166738 167491 167505 167507 167510 167511 167514 167516)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) L. florinii (143493)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) L. florinii (166741)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Argentina (Neuquén) L. florinii (171385)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (Victoria) L. florinii (167121)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) L. florinii (136911)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.2 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) L. balmei (168823)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) L. florinii (143492)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) L. florinii (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) L. florinii (167544)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) L. florinii (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) L. florinii (143211 143212)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) L. florinii (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) L. florinii (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina L. florinii (169468)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene28.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Patagonia) L. florinii (169490)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) L. florinii (169382)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) L. florinii (224044)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New south wales) L. florinii (168989 168992 168993 168994 168995 168996 168998 168999 169000 169001 169002 169003 169004 169005)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) L. florinii (169355 169356)