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Taurocusporites
Taxonomy
Taurocusporites was named by Stover (1962). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Bryophyta by Stover (1962); and to Marchantiidae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Bryophyta by Stover (1962); and to Marchantiidae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Taurocusporites Stover |
| 2025 | Taurocusporites Perez Loinaze et al. p. 4 |
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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. †Taurocusporites Stover 1962
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†Taurocusporites reduncus Stover 1962
†Taurocusporites segmentatus Stover 1962
†Taurocusporites spackmani Brenner 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 168.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. minor, T. sp. (139303) | |
| Bathonian - Oxfordian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. sp. (139311 139312) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Argentina (San Luis) | T. segmentatus (151090) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Tamil Nadu) | T. sp. (224609) | |
| Hauterivian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. minor (139319 139320) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. spp. (142218) | |
| Barremian | Portugal | T. redunctus (73324) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | T. segmentatus, T. reduncus (45193) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | T. reduncus (39680) | |
| Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. segmentatus (149982 150335) | |
| Aptian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. spp. (142220) | |
| Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. segmentatus (149849 149850) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. segmentatus (150615) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. sp. 2, T. segmentatus (149927) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. sp., T. segmentatus (149846) | |
| Albian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. spp. (142221) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Bahamas (Off-shore) | T. reduncus (142275) T. segmentatus, T. reduncus (142271 142272 142273 142274) | |
| Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Bahamas (cat Island) | T. segmentatus, T. reduncus (140569) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2, T. sp. 3, T. sp. 4, T. segmentatus (149928) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Western Desert) | T. minor, T. sp. (139332) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Argentina (Mendoza) | T. segmentatus (149812) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Miocene | China (Xingjian) | T. segmentatus (140039) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | T. segmentatus (207022) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | T. segmentatus (22655 36264) T. segmentatus, T. reduncus (55352) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. segmentatus (240579) |