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Foraminisporis
Taxonomy
Foraminisporis was named by Krutzsch (1959). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Anthocerotaceae by Jarzen (1982); to Bryophyta by Dettman (1986), Santamarina et al. (2020); to Anthocerotophyta by Vera et al. (2022); and to Anthocerotidae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), De Benedetti et al. (2024), Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Anthocerotaceae by Jarzen (1982); to Bryophyta by Dettman (1986), Santamarina et al. (2020); to Anthocerotophyta by Vera et al. (2022); and to Anthocerotidae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), De Benedetti et al. (2024), Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Foraminisporis Krutzsch |
| 1982 | Foraminisporis Jarzen p. 14 |
| 1986 | Foraminisporis Dettman |
| 2020 | Foraminisporis Santamarina et al. p. 53 |
| 2022 | Foraminisporis Vera et al. |
| 2023 | Foraminisporis Perez Loinaze et al. |
| 2024 | Foraminisporis De Benedetti et al. |
| 2025 | Foraminisporis 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. †Foraminisporis Krutzsch 1959
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†Foraminisporis asymmetricus Dettmann 1963
†Foraminisporis dailyi Dettmann 1963
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Invalid names: Nevesisporites dailyi Blackhouse 1988 [synonym]
†Foraminisporis medius Dutta and Sah 1970
†Foraminisporis paucispinosus Doring 1973
†Foraminisporis tribulosus Playford and Dettmann 1965
†Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Dettmann 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 161.50000 to 61.66000 Ma
Collections (108 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Oxfordian - Tithonian | Tanzania (Lindi Region) | F. sp. A (142755) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Gujarat) | F. sp. (224625) | |
| Valanginian - Barremian | Chile (Doceava Región) | F. sp. (150014 150020 150021 150022 150025 150030) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Argentina (Neuquén) | F. sp., F. wonthaggiensis (150584) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Nei Mongol) | F. sp. (46976) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Chile (Doceava Región) | F. sp. (150023) | |
| Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi (149982) F. dailyi (150335 150516) F. sp., F. dailyi (150185) | |
| Aptian | Canada (Alberta) | F. sp., F. asymmetricus (194481) | |
| Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. asymmetricus (149850) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi (150615) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Peru (Loreto) | F. wonthaggiensis (144299) | |
| Aptian - Cenomanian | Libya (Cyrenaica) | F. sp. (142508) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi (149927) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (149846) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. wonthaggiensis (149746) | |
| Albian | Australia (South Australia) | F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi (164489 164525 164529) F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (164488 164490 164526 164530) F. asymmetricus, F. wonthaggiensis (164522 164523 164528) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | North Atlantic | F. dailyi (142271 142272 142273 142274 142275) | |
| Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | North Atlantic | F. dailyi (140569) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. sp. 1, F. sp. 2, F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (149928) | |
| Albian - Turonian | Australia (Victoria) | F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (163583) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Antarctica | F. dailiyi (153430) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Australia (South Australia) | F. asymmetricus (163898 163899 163900) F. asymmetricus, F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (163896 163901) F. asymmetricus, F. wonthaggiensis (163902) | |
| Cenomanian | Australia (Northern Territory) | F. asymmetricus (163483 163508 163511 163512) F. asymmetricus, F. wonthaggiensis (163505 163506 163509 163510 163514 163515) F. wonthaggiensis (163482 163507) | |
| Cenomanian | Antarctica | F. dailyi (153428) | |
| Cenomanian | Australia (South Australia) | F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (163584) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Argentina (Mendoza) | F. sp., F. asymmetricus (149812) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | F. dailyi (195707) | |
| Turonian | Australia (Northern Territory) | F. wonthaggiensis (163516 163819) | |
| Santonian - Campanian | Antarctica | F. asymmetricus (150509) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | F. wonthaggensis (207022) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | F. wonthaggensis (22655 36264 55352) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Montana) | F. undulates (73891) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | F. dailyi (150237) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. dailyi (231744) F. dailyi, F. wonthaggiensis (240581) F. wonthaggiensis (231735 231737 231740 231742 231743 231745 231746 231749 240582) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | F. dailyi (199410 239890 239891) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | F. assymetricus (234760) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | F. undulatus (234420 234421 234422 234572 234573 234574 234586 234587 234588 234599 234600 234616 234619) | |
| Danian | USA (North Dakota) | F. undulatus (234607 234610 234612 234614) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | F. dailyi (239892) | |
| Danian | Canada (Manitoba) | F. undulatus (232089) | |
| Paleocene | India (Meghalaya) | F. medius (224682) |