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Ceratosporites

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales

Taxonomy
Ceratosporites was named by Cookson and Dettmann (1958). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Selaginellaceae by Cookson and Dettmann (1958), Santamarina et al. (2020) and Vallati et al. (2020); and to Selaginellales by Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ceratosporites Cookson and Dettmann
2020Ceratosporites Santamarina et al. p. 53
2020Ceratosporites Vallati et al. p. 5
2022Ceratosporites Vera et al.
2023Ceratosporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderSelaginellalesPrantl 1874
genusCeratosporitesCookson and Dettmann 1958

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. †Ceratosporites Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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†Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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Invalid names: Neoraistrickia equalis Blackhouse 1988 [synonym]
†Ceratosporites helidonensis De Jersey 1971
†Ceratosporites kutchensis Venkatachala 1969
†Ceratosporites parvus Brenner 1963
†Ceratosporites setosus Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Danian or 196.50000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. (151447)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) C. kutchensis (224625)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) C. equalis (150014 150017) C. setosus (150021 150025)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (150335) C. equalis, C. setosus (149982) C. sp. A, C. sp. B (150185)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (149850) C. sp., C. equalis (149849)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (149927)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhão) C. sp. (150515)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) C. equalis (164488 164489 164490 164523 164524 164525 164526 164530)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica C. equalis (153429 153431 153432)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (149846)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (South Australia) C. equalis (163896 163898 163899 163900 163901 163902)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica C. equalis (153426)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) C. equalis (163584)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) C. equalis (163481 163482 163483 163505 163506 163507 163508 163509 163511 163512 163513 163514)
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. equalis (233992)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica C. equalis (150509)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica C. equalis (150182)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. equalis (150621)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. equalis (167578 167581 167582 167584 167585 167586)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica C. equalis (167588)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica C. equalis (153424)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. equalis (150882 151446 151452)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (149974 234760)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. equalis (206968 231725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) C. equalis (32522)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. equalis (234014 234016)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) C. equalis (151454 151456 151457 151458 152264 172887 172890 172892)