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Baculatisporites turbioensis

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Baculatisporites turbioensis was named by Archangelsky (1972) [Others samples: p.m. 739, coord. 29.8/121.8. Others measurement: equatorial diameter, 40-65 µ. 7 specimens. Locality. Wells D-14, C-2.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: p.m. 745, coord. 46.7/103.6. Stored at Museo de La Plata, Paleobotanical division., a microspore (Spore), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Pozo D-14, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in the Río Turbio Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. disconformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Baculatisporites turbioensis Archangelsky
2004Baculatisporites turbioensis Zamaloa
2022Baculatisporites turbioensis Vera et al.
2023Baculatisporites turbioensis Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusBaculatisporitesThomson and Pflug 1953
speciesturbioensis

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.

†Baculatisporites turbioensis Archangelsky 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Archangelsky 1972Espora trilete globosa, de contorno ecuatorial subcircular. Lesuras llegando cerca del ecuador, con fuertes labios levantados
que llevan un ornamento de verrugas y báculas de tamaños muy variados. Exina esculturada, proximal y distalmente con báculas, desde delicadas hasta muy robustas, con ápices por lo común truncados, a veces redondeados. Algunos elemenyos son verrugosos. La distribución de los elementos esculturales densa, pero su tamaño es variable, la exina es delicada, aproximadamente de 1 µ de espesor.
Measurements
partNmean
Spore diameter10.041

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 70.60000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Baculatisporites turbioensis (150882)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Baculatisporites turbioensis (231725)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Baculatisporites turbioensis (167921 167922)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) Baculatisporites turbioensis (167469)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) Baculatisporites turbioensis (136554)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Baculatisporites turbioensis (167895 type locality: 167898)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Baculatisporites turbioensis (153448)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Baculatisporites turbioensis (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Baculatisporites turbioensis (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina Baculatisporites turbioensis (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Baculatisporites turbioensis (166708)